KPI visual default value different than card visual

[CarlSagan]

With no years selected, the KPI shows the total of assets for the latest year. But when the measure is put into a card visual or matrix, you can see the total is the sum of all the years. Why isn’t the kpi showing the sum total of all the years as the starting value?

The card visuals for total and previous year show the same as the kpi when the slicer has 2024 for the filter

[v-yaningy-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @CarlSagan 

Based on your description, it appears that the KPI visual object displays the total assets for the most recent year, while the card visual object and matrix summarise assets for all years without selecting a specific year.

In the KPI visual object, this behaviour is by design.The KPI visual object in Power BI is intended to reflect performance against a target over a specific period or condition. When no specific filters are applied, it defaults to displaying the most recent period of data (in your case, the most recent year) as the metric. This is because KPIs are often used to monitor current performance against a goal or benchmark, which usually involves the most recent data available.

On the other hand, card vision objects and matrices aggregate data from all available data points unless otherwise filtered. This means that in the absence of any slicers affecting these visuals, they will show the sum of all years.

To align the KPI visual object with the Card and Matrix visual objects based on the data displayed, you can rework the Measure logic in the Card.

Measure = 
VAR _sumThings = CALCULATE(SUM('YourTable'[column]))
VAR _sumThings_2024 = CALCULATE(SUM('YourTable'[column]),FILTER('YourTable','YourTable'[Date].[Year] = 2024))
RETURN
IF(ISFILTERED('YourTable'[Date]),_sumThings_2024,_sumThings)

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[CarlSagan]

Thanks for the response. I actually just made some measures for running totals but took your measure and adapted it for a different purpose. Your idea for just having a conditional measure based on weather a filter is applied is the correct solution for my question so I will accept this as the answer.