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Matrix/Table grand totals with Measures

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on 16 Jul 2018 15:59:57

It would be great if Grand Totals on a Matrix or Table would add up correctly to the sum of the rows when you include MEASURES in the visual. Currently the total on a measure consists of the measure function itself, instead of the sum of the rows above. PLEASE give us the option to toggle totals to be a simple aggregate of the rows above also.

Jeroen ter Heerdt (administrator) on 24 Oct 2022 18:59:09

Moving this idea to "under review" to mark that discussions are underway. For full transparency, we have started working on DAX calculations at the visual level. That feature will make changes that will serve as building blocks for other features, including but not limited to the one discussed in this idea: providing more flexibility for influencing what is shown on the total: the visual total, the "DAX" total, or another expression altogether.

Hence, the delivery of this Idea will be dependent on the DAX-calculations-on-a-visual feature.

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:54

RE: Matrix/Table grand totals with Measures

It has taken me 3 days already trying to figure out how to show the correct total of measures used in a matrix. Explanations given on the forum seem to be to specific to the cases in question, barely transferable.

If some people benefit form a total that doesn't correspond to the values, I absolutely respect that but why there is no choice?

With this issue I cannot see how users looking for quick ad-chock reports (business people, not code writers) can benefit from this tool.

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roberto pogliani on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:50

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I agree, in the same table some totals could be nonsense and others very useful.

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:46

RE: Matrix/Table grand totals with Measures

We need the column subtotal along with The column grand total,the sub-total can be renamed ,not like Total

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Leo Timmermans on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:24

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there should at least be an option to have the total show the sum of the rows instead of having to do weird DAX-things. This is an annoyance and causes Power BI to be difficult to people who start using it.
I've worked with Qlik products before. No issue there. They have an option to choose between the calculation or sum (and even min, max and average) of the rows.

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Gary on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:45

RE: Matrix/Table grand totals with Measures

Crazy that this is even an issue tbh!

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:24

RE: Matrix/Table grand totals with Measures

PLEASE FIX!

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:17

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Matrix Totals should always represent sum of row or columns values. No other reason why it should not. Should not have to program a workaround to obtain correct row and columns totals on a Matrix.

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Luke Walker on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:08

RE: Matrix/Table grand totals with Measures

'=IF(ISINSCOPE(table[child]),SUM(table[value]),AVERAGE(table[value])

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=AVERAGE(table[value])

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Guilherme Barbi on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:04

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Please, fix this!

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Vimal Patel on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:37

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Please please can this be resolved. I cannot think of a circumstance when it would be appropriate for the sum of a row to not equal the sum of a row. This is a bug, and is causing problems. Please can this be fixed.

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