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SAPpowerbi
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Currency conversion with symbol based on slicer

Hello Team,

 

I need Dynamic Value( Total sales )with Currency symbol based on slicer selection ,

for that i am using below Table 

Source -

i am creating table with below two column .

Table Name - Currency Table 

Currency nameRate
USD1.2
YEN1.4

 

Output -

I am using currency name as slicer (Filter) .

-USD

-GBP

 

based on above slicer when i select USD i want value(Total sales ) as USD -$100 and when we select YEN then -¥100

for that i am using below formula , this working for me but formula convert to text , i need formula as number not text .

 

Forumula - 1 

Selected Currency = VALUES('Currency Table'[Currency Name])
 
Formula 2-

Total sales = SWITCH(TRUE(),
[Selected Currency ]="USD",FORMAT([Total sales]*VALUES('Currency Table'[Rate]),"$0,00"),
[Selected Currency ]="YEN",FORMAT([Total sales]*VALUES('Currency Table'[Rate]),"¥0,00"),

[Total sales]))

 

when i create above dax values convert in to text , i want that become a Number .please help me to write dax.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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parry2k
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@SAPpowerbi you can easily achieve this by using Calculation Group and here is a great article on this.

 

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parry2k
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@SAPpowerbi you can easily achieve this by using Calculation Group and here is a great article on this.

 

Follow us on LinkedIn

 

Check my latest blog post The Power of Using Calculation Groups with Inactive Relationships (Part 1) (perytus.com) I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

 

Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop-shop for Power BI-related projects/training/consultancy.

 

 



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Greg_Deckler
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@SAPpowerbi Yeah, not sure if there is a way to do that. Currency is based on local system settings so not even Custom Format Strings will help.


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