Total in Power BI Tables

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I have a simple dataset which looks like this : 

cluster name	ser no
cluster1	1
cluster1	2
cluster1
cluster1	4
cluster2	5
cluster2
cluster2	7
cluster3	3
cluster3	4
cluster3
cluster3	0

In power BI I want to count distinct the values against each cluster which works, but the total field at the bottm shows wierd values.

Can anyone explain what is happening?

Total shoud be 4+3+4 but power bi shows it as 8

[v-cherch-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous

The value 8 is only the distinct count of column 'ser no'. So there are 8 distinct values: 'blank',1,2,4,5,7,0,3 as below picture. If you want to change the total, you may create a measure as below to get the correct total.

Count =
VAR a =
    SUMMARIZE (
        'Sample',
        'Sample'[cluster name],
        "count", DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'Sample'[ser no] )
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        HASONEVALUE ( 'Sample'[cluster name] ),
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'Sample'[ser no] ),
        SUMX ( a, [count] )
    )

Regards,

Cherie

[Greg_Deckler]

This looks like a measure totals problem. Very common. See my post about it here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376

Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907