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Anonymous
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Column Values for Column Chart

Hi,

 

I have some financial data but to show the values in a column chart, I have to make them "Sum of ....", so all my legends have Sum of at the start of them. If i use another measure, it values out at 1 for each month. How can I remove this so it is just LY Month, Budget Month etc..?

DTaylor888_0-1631191353836.png

This is my visualisations field (Sum of Sort is my conditional column for ordering the months correctly):

DTaylor888_1-1631191533545.png

 

This is my Query Editor (in case it is just a formatting problem) with some of the variables, thanks

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BA_Pete
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

In the Column Values section where you've dragged the columns into, just double-click on the column names there and you can overwrite how they are displayed.

BA_Pete_0-1631194551839.png

 

FWIW, generally-accepted best practice is that you should always create explicit measures for each of your calculations, even if it's just a basic sum of a column. For example:

LY Month = SUM(yourTable[LY Month])

 

Pete



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BA_Pete
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

In the Column Values section where you've dragged the columns into, just double-click on the column names there and you can overwrite how they are displayed.

BA_Pete_0-1631194551839.png

 

FWIW, generally-accepted best practice is that you should always create explicit measures for each of your calculations, even if it's just a basic sum of a column. For example:

LY Month = SUM(yourTable[LY Month])

 

Pete



Now accepting Kudos! If my post helped you, why not give it a thumbs-up?

Proud to be a Datanaut!




Anonymous
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Ah very simple, great, thanks

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