Matrix/Table grand totals with Measures

[p_lamonica]

It would be great if Grand Totals on a Matrix or Table would add up correctly to the sum of the rows when you include MEASURES in the visual. Currently the total on a measure consists of the measure function itself, instead of the sum of the rows above. PLEASE give us the option to toggle totals to be a simple aggregate of the rows above also.

[alexisolson1]

I agree that this should be an option, but there are certainly many times that you do not want the total to be the sum of the parts (e.g. when the measure is an average).

[fbcideas_migusr]

I don't think this is an error. A good example of this is distinct counts. If you have rows per store, and the metric is distinct counts of customers visiting, when you total the distinct will apply to the total. So if a customer went to 2 stores, you would see 1+1 in the rows, but in the total it would show as 1 which is correct. So you need to either change to an absolute count, or break apart the total into a different visual to make it clear its a different metric (customers in the organization).

[james_snape]

I can't believe you can't do this, surely this should be a critical feature

[pbiideas1]

I agree, very frustrating that in the matrix when using measures they don't add up correctly on row totals or columns totals and not to mentioned grand totals... I cannot imagine a scenario were this outcome would be correct...it reduces the value of a great tool...

[bruce4]

I agree this is very frustrating and not what I was expecting as the default for totals in a matrix

[kolodovski1]

Bad idea... completely misses the core principles of DAX.

[sharath49u]

We need this so bad. we have so many tabular reports and they can easily have 20 to 30 columns. When you have so many columns it's hard to track Sub totals in Matrix.

[kumarharish4321]

Measure isn't giving total correctly(out of expectation)

[jill_christie13]

As well as the ability to turn off an aggregation at a particular level. Like if I want a sum at a certain group level, but at the Grand Total level, the aggregation is meaningless/confusing.

[lgroger1]

I'd like to have better control over how the total row calculates each column in a table. For examples, sometimes I might want the value to be "Don't Summarize" for each row but I want the "Total" row to have the sum of all values. Right now, if set to "Don't Summarize", it doesn't show any total. Similarly, I'd like to be able to set how I want a measure aggregated in the "Total" column. Right now, it seems to use the same functions used in the measure for the total calculation which isn't always what I want. Here's an example use-case: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Change-the-way-total-of-column-is-displayed/m-p/718776 Someone gave me a complicated way to achieve what I want but it seems like it should be so much simpler than this!