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I have a very simple problem, but I am not good with DAX or even measures yet, so this may be preventing me from getting the answer.
I have a dataset with the following information.
Region | C Estimate | D Estimate/Low Bid | (D-C) Difference | Variance from Estimate = (D-C)/C |
South | 790 | 603 | -187 | -23.7% |
Central | 1,988 | 2,000 | 12 | 0.6% |
South | 9,857 | 8,515 | -1342 | -13.6% |
South | 11,296 | 40 | -11256 | -99.6% |
South | 1,401 | 1,128 | -273 | -19.5% |
North | 273 | 350 | 77 | 28.2% |
Total | 25,605 | 350 |
| -50.7% |
I want it to calculate the variance between Estimate and Bid for various categories, but I need the Variance of the total.
Question: How do I get -50.7% in the graph, which is coming from “Total” Row.
What I am getting is the average of the variance -21.3%, this is the average of the individual numbers
Average= (-23.7% +0.6% + -13.6% + -99.6% +-19.5% +28.2%)/6 =-21.3%
Right now I am calculating Variance (column 5) using the following measure:
Variance = DIVIDE(BI_TENDER_DIMS[CvsD Diff],BI_TENDER_DIMS[C Estimate])
Please note numbers in the image below are same as numbers above, but divided by 1000 approx.
Variance calculation only gives me a few options, and none of those include calculation on the total SUm value. These rows od data will change based on several filters, but I always need the variance from the total value, and I cannot calculate that yet.
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Hi @ngupta,
According to your description above, you should be able to use the formula below to create a measure(instead of a calculate column) to calculate the Variance in this scenario.
Variance = DIVIDE(SUM(BI_TENDER_DIMS[CvsD Diff]),SUM(BI_TENDER_DIMS[C Estimate]))
Regards
Hi @ngupta,
According to your description above, you should be able to use the formula below to create a measure(instead of a calculate column) to calculate the Variance in this scenario.
Variance = DIVIDE(SUM(BI_TENDER_DIMS[CvsD Diff]),SUM(BI_TENDER_DIMS[C Estimate]))
Regards
Hi, I am having a very similar issue but it seems like I am doing what you suggest and still getting an incorrect subtotal on my matrix. I am also very new to Bi, so I apologize if a super easy question, which I hope it is! I also may have done this completely wrong! Thanks for your help
I am trying to show the month over month variance for revenue, which I have but the subtotal is giving me the last calculated number, instead of the total variance, which I want to be the total of all variances. In the example below the total should be $3,409,237.76. also similar, is the additional formula to find the % variance.
I used the following measures to get to this:
MTD Rev = TOTALMTD(sum(Revenue[Total Revenue]),'Calendar'[Date])
LY MTD Rev = calculate([MTD Rev],SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Calendar'[Date]))
MTD Rev Var = [MTD Rev]-[LY MTD Rev]
MTD Rev Var % = Divide([MTD Rev Var],[LY MTD Rev])
Yes, this works. Thankyou
I did try it earlier, but I was getting an error, probably because the syntax was wrong.
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