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ishzoulify
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Pct based on Type

Hello Guys,

 

Please help on the correct DAX formula.

 

For example, I have this source. I just need to get the percentage of colors based on the total count.

I have seen some of the formula here but that is for numeric.

 

Type

Red

Red

Red

Blue

Green

Red

Blue

Green

Green

Red

 

Total is 10

 

Type       Count       Pct

Red             5         50%

Blue            2          20%

Green         3          30%

 

Hope you can help.

Thanks,

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dm-p
Super User
Super User

Hi @ishzoulify,

I've replicated your data into a table named Colours, which is how the following examples will be written for. You can do thi sin less steps, but this is how I would approach it, as I can re-use the measures later if I need to.

Create the following measures:

# Colours = COUNTROWS(Colours)
# Total Colours = CALCULATE(
    [# Colours],
    ALL(Colours[Type])
)

The ALL removes the filter on Type, which means that for each row it will count everything.

% of Total = DIVIDE(
    [# Colours],
    [# Total Colours]
)

This measure then gets formatted as a percentage.

Here's my results, with all measures shown for completeness:

image.png

Here's a copy of my workbook for your reference, in case you want to check anything.

Regards,

Daniel


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