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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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d5c46788 0541-425c-907d-a096a02fa483 on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:23

RE: Percent of total

Percentage of global is great when the chart display all values, when it is a "top N" the percentage of global is in fact the percentage of the "top N" So the percentage is wrong !

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a8b729fb 2a42-4efe-be4a-dd6f9b05e6c9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:27

RE: Percent of total

Could do with percentage of column/row total being added as a display option to (non-100%) bar charts, it's something we need pretty badly and we're resorting to botching together a custom R visual in the interim period

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780ad1bb 655c-413d-880f-de9494d061f2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:47

RE: Percent of total

When will percent of row/column total be added? It is a common business question that is asked about many different dimension fields. Have to create separate calculations for each one is tedious and time consuming.

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43607d62 c5a7-41a7-94d2-e3eefab3b987 on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:06

RE: Percent of total

It is a great feature! How can I change the decimals of the %, the default is 2 decimals, like 43.76%, how can I change it to 44%.

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c3b3060b b597-4e1d-b663-117aa18d2f0c on 05 Jul 2020 23:11:57

RE: Percent of total

Definitely need % of column/row

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a36cdc5c d449-4f56-9833-b45f6525c2a7 on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:10

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It also would be great to have features (statistics % of row/columnl) as in matrix table for charts (bar, column, line, etc). Please, please, please :)

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de44b893 1bf9-437f-a951-afa6346230e2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:27

RE: Percent of total

If you have to show it on the dashboard, you don't need to calculate a new measure because the software can automatically do the sum for you. You just need to add the new measure %= IFERROR(SUM(hours)/SUM(employees]),0)

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d8553858 9dab-4226-ab19-6638ffefbb32 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:23

RE: Percent of total

i want to generate a % of how much hours per person did our employees get on trainging. I can calcute the quantity of employees and the total hours as a NEW MEASURE, but i want to divide this two numbers so i get the % of training by employee.
those any one know how to do this?

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6bbdcbfc 6b2b-493b-a2cb-9ea550c70a17 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:14

RE: Percent of total

HI guys, I was also stuck on that and I found a solution. Instead of adding a "New Column" to to show the percentage, you should add a "New measure"- then on the dashboard it will show as column1/column2 instead of an average/ median . . . :)

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ba65896e e930-406b-9664-c0b12e513f34 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:29

RE: Percent of total

Hi Kim,

Seems Quick Calc doesn't support SSAS Live Connection data source.
Do you have any time frame that this can be supported?

Thanks,