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wwii
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Calculate Marginal Ratio in PowerBI

Hi,

 

I wonder is there any quick way to calculate a marginal profit ratio, i.e. (x-y)/x

in PowerBi?

 

Thank you and I appreciate.

 

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GilbertQ
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Hi @wwii, could you not create 2 calculated measures.


One calculated measure for X, and another calculated measure for Y?


And then you can create your 3rd calculated measure which will be as per your example (x-y)/x





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GilbertQ
Super User
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Hi @wwii, could you not create 2 calculated measures.


One calculated measure for X, and another calculated measure for Y?


And then you can create your 3rd calculated measure which will be as per your example (x-y)/x





Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

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wwii
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I used this formula,

 

YoY% = var Sales = SUM(SalesTable[Amount])
var SalesLastYear=CALCULATE(Sales, SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Calenda[Date]))
return if(Sales, DIVIDE(Sales - SalesLastYear, Sales))

 

But the outcome is all 0.

 

Is there is a way to know why?

 

Thanks

Baskar
Resident Rockstar
Resident Rockstar

Hi

First u have to check whether u have getting correct data from SalesLastYear , Sales

 

Then do the calculation that will help u to understand , where u r missing .

 

otherwise share some sample data i will help u.

What do you meany by this:

 

if(Sales, DIVIDE(Sales - SalesLastYear, Sales))

 

Why do you need to use measure in the first argument.

 

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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