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ekoland88
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Sign of absolute value in a measure

Hi all,

 

I have this formula which is present in a matrix visualization

 

 

M = CALCULATE(SUMX(ProdForecast,abs([TotalActual]-ProdForecast[Forecast])),'M view'[Category]="M")

 


My headache today is to somehow determine what is the sign of 

 

 

[TotalActual]-ProdForecast[Forecast]

 

 

 before the ABS formula is applied.

Example: If TotalActual-Forecast is -8 in the matrix I will have 8 but somehow to determine the initial sign and put it as conditional formating or something in a matrix.

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Greg_Deckler
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/sign-function-dax

 

M = 
  VAR __Sign = SIGN(ProdForecast[TotalActual]-ProdForecast[Forecast])
RETURN
  CALCULATE(SUMX(ProdForecast,abs([TotalActual]-ProdForecast[Forecast])),'M view'[Category]="M")

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Greg_Deckler
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/sign-function-dax

 

M = 
  VAR __Sign = SIGN(ProdForecast[TotalActual]-ProdForecast[Forecast])
RETURN
  CALCULATE(SUMX(ProdForecast,abs([TotalActual]-ProdForecast[Forecast])),'M view'[Category]="M")

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