Simple calculation

[Kees]

Hi,

Here is the new bee again.

What seems a simple action (at least in EXCEL) is substracting (or multiplying / deviding / adding)) with values seems for me harder then I thought. When I search in the forum and google I see a lot of calcutations based on date fields and with needed filtering.

Situation:

2 tables: Forecated hours and Actual Hours, both with columns per month (apr, may, jun etc). with the number values.

Goal:

Substract Actual minus Forcast per month and presen in visual.

Think I need to create ( in think it needs to be a measure) to capture the outcome of Actual Oct - Forecast Hours.

I'm kind of stuck and perhaps overcomplicating a solution, is there a simple soluton?

Any suggestions?

Brgds Kees

[Ashish_Mathur]

Hi,

You should be using the "Unpivot Other Columns" feature in the Query Editor to flatten the table first.  To receive further help, share the two tables (in a format that can be pasted in an MS Excel workbook).

[v-tangjie-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kees ,

According to your description, here are my steps you can follow as a solution.

(1) My test data is the same as yours. The model relationships are shown below.

(2) We can create measures. 

Actual - Forecated = MAX('Actual'[Actual Hours])-MAX('Forecated'[Forecated hours])

Actual Oct - Forecast Hours = CALCULATE('Actual'[Actual - Forecated],FILTER('Actual','Actual'[Month]="Oct"))

(3) Then the result is as follows.

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

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[Kees]

Thanks! Slightly adjusted, but it brought me on the right track!

Brgds Kees