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Anonymous
5 years agoNot applicable
Calculating daily difference on network throughput
Hi all, We're using Power BI for something different than what it normally is used for - network analysis. The principle of course stay the same. My issue is that I have multiple countries, w...
lbendlin
5 years agoSuper User
you're missing the concept of a filter context. Just because you see a single value (date) on a visual doesn't mean there is actually physically a single row of the extended table behind it.
So go with the aggregations (sum, average,whatever it appropriate) and use these aggregations as your formula input.
Anonymous
5 years agoNot applicable
lbendlin , can you perhaps provide me an example?
Whenever I try to use filters, I end up having to apply filtering to the point where I can only filter a single server (from the list I provided), instead of Power BI automatically picking the unique server and its throughput, and comparing it with another day.