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Just2431
Helper I
2 years ago
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Help with measurement

Hello all,   The calculation i found online didn't work so i thought i will try here. I am new to power bi. I have 2 colums in my bi, one with time spent and another with diffrent operation type (m...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi,

    Greg_Deckler , thanks for your concern about the problem, and i want to offer some more information for user to refer to.

    hello Just2431 , based on your description, you just need to create the following measure

    Measure = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Time Spent]),ALLEXCEPT('Table','Table'[Operation]))

    Output

    Best Regards!

    Yolo Zhu

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

Just2431's avatar
Just2431
Helper I
2 years ago

Greg sorry about that! this is the sample data

trying to achieve this 

 

i am trying to sum all the diffrent categories from column 2. I think i need to use Pivit column but not sure what excatly I need to do. Thank you

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
2 years ago

Hi,

Greg_Deckler , thanks for your concern about the problem, and i want to offer some more information for user to refer to.

hello Just2431 , based on your description, you just need to create the following measure

Measure = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Time Spent]),ALLEXCEPT('Table','Table'[Operation]))

Output

Best Regards!

Yolo Zhu

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

  • Just2431's avatar
    Just2431
    Helper I
    2 years ago

    Anonymous Thank you so much for your help!! it does what i wanted to do!! I used a similar measure but it didnt work becasue my "time spent" column was swet as text not number...