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Haydn Richardson on 06 Dec 2014 03:56:36

In addition to sum, average, min, max etc. I'd like an option in values for % of total

Administrator on 01 Jun 2016 05:13:31

We shipped % of grand total as a part of quick calcs in the May release of Power BI desktop. Next up, % of column and % of row total. Give it a try and let us know what you think. For info on how to use it, check out the blog post covering our May feature releases: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-update-feature-summary/

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Vladimir on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:54

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How to use it with OLAP source?

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rgoerwit on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:53

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This is only partially completed. It will not work for OLAP cubes, which is unfortunate, because Excel can do it easily.

The absence of this feature for people working against OLAP cubes forces the calculations back into the cubes, bloating the cubes, and making it so that users feel they have to go back to Excel.

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Daryn Varney on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:47

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Looks like I am just finding flaws in this program today, something this simple still not resolved?

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Marcel on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:09

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Hi! Any news about the % of column/ row feature?

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Shiva Prasad on 05 Jul 2020 22:31:58

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if you want only a percentage of two columns like :

Total column 1 = SUM of values in column 1
Total column 2 = SUM of values in column 2
"Total" column 3 = Total column 2 / Total column 1.

add a measure and do the calculation as col2/col1 and format as % in Modeling pane to get values as 56% or 78%.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:47

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How is it possible that this was not incorporated upon original release of the software, let alone still not released now?!

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Bruno Martins on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:32

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Hi! Is there any prediction as when you'll have the % by column implemented in Power BI?
Thanks

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:04

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I ditto all the previous comments. This is a must have when transitioning from PowerPivot/Excel and really should be standard 'quick calc' options? Ref Kim's comments, what does "next up" mean?

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Nicola Jelmorini on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:48

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There is this other idea
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/15052080-the-expand-the-quick-calc-funality
that asks the same thing, but it's not yet marked as Completed.

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Subhasis Mukherjee on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:06

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When is the % of column and % of row being implemented in Power BI Desktop ? We need it very badly. Is there any alternative to create it in the report.