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moizsherwani
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Explanation of CALCULATETABLE being used as a filter in CALCUATE Function

I have a formula where a table name is being used as the parameter for CALCULATE table but no other filters and this itself is nested within a CALCULATE function acting as a filter, what does it do?

 

I am referring to the "CALCULATETABLE(Invoice)" here.

 

=CALCULATE(

 

SUM(SalesOrderDetail[ExtendedAmountb])-SUM(InvoiceDetail[ExtendedAmountb]),

 

Product[Product]="Lic-Items", CALCULATETABLE(Invoice)))

 

Thanks,

 

Moiz

Thanks,

Moiz
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v-caliao-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @moizsherwani,

 

CALCULATETABLE function evaluates a table expression in a context modified by the given filters. If there is no any filters include in this function, then it will return the oraginal table.

Untitled.png

 

So in your scenario, the CALCULATETABLE(Invoice)) is a filter for CALCULATE function.
Measure = CALCULATE(SUM(Apps[Amount]),CALCULATETABLE('Table 2'))
Measure 2 = CALCULATE(SUM(Apps[Amount]))

Capture1.PNG

Regards,

Charlie Liao

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v-caliao-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @moizsherwani,

 

CALCULATETABLE function evaluates a table expression in a context modified by the given filters. If there is no any filters include in this function, then it will return the oraginal table.

Untitled.png

 

So in your scenario, the CALCULATETABLE(Invoice)) is a filter for CALCULATE function.
Measure = CALCULATE(SUM(Apps[Amount]),CALCULATETABLE('Table 2'))
Measure 2 = CALCULATE(SUM(Apps[Amount]))

Capture1.PNG

Regards,

Charlie Liao

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