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Dowsey1977
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Turn Negative Numbers into Positive

Hi,

 

I have a column in a table called Account_Balances that I want to sum into table on a report.  I have used the below to acheive this:

CALCULATE((SUM(Report1[ACCOUNT_BALANCE])),Report1[ACCOUNT_BALANCE]<0)

 

However, because the source data is negative where the account balance is in credit, the total number is also a negative number.  I am trying to turn that into a positive number on the report, but failing miserably.

 

Here is what I have tried so far:

1. Created a measure on source table with ABS(ACCOUNT_BALANCE).  Then used the below formula:

CALCULATE(SUM(Report1[ABSBalance]),FILTER(ALL(Report1),Report1[ACCOUNT_BALANCE]<0))
2. Tried inserting ABS( ... ) in various places within my original formula
 
Whatever I have tried, the table on the report just goes blank.  Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
 
TIA,
Dowsey
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johnt75
Super User
Super User

Try

Positive balance =
ABS (
    CALCULATE ( ( SUM ( Report1[ACCOUNT_BALANCE] ) ), Report1[ACCOUNT_BALANCE] < 0 )
)

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Dowsey1977
New Member

Excellent - many thanks...I knew it would be a simple solution, I'm just a newbie to Power BI.

johnt75
Super User
Super User

Try

Positive balance =
ABS (
    CALCULATE ( ( SUM ( Report1[ACCOUNT_BALANCE] ) ), Report1[ACCOUNT_BALANCE] < 0 )
)

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