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george456
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Calculating a Column Sum - Qliksense

Dear community

I have a question that I am struggling with.

I must calculate a new total for a column using a formula.

At the moment the row calculations is based on: ( This gives me the output I want )

=FABS(RangeSum(if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({<[Actual Units Tonnage] = {">0"}>}[Actual Units Tonnage]),sum({<[Actual Units] = {">0"}>}[Actual Units])))
- if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({< Data ={'Forecast Tonnage'}>} Amount),Sum({< Data ={'Forecast'}>} Amount)))

However I want to divide the above by the total of the rows therefore I need a syntax to calculate the total and I am not getting that right

Please can I ask help

Thanks

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hic
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To calculate the total, you need to have the 'total' qualifier inside the aggregation function. So, you should probably divide by

FABS(RangeSum(if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({<[Actual Units Tonnage] = {">0"}>} total [Actual Units Tonnage]),sum({<[Actual Units] = {">0"}>} total [Actual Units])))
- if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({< Data ={'Forecast Tonnage'}>} total Amount),Sum({< Data ={'Forecast'}>} total  Amount)))

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hic
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To calculate the total, you need to have the 'total' qualifier inside the aggregation function. So, you should probably divide by

FABS(RangeSum(if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({<[Actual Units Tonnage] = {">0"}>} total [Actual Units Tonnage]),sum({<[Actual Units] = {">0"}>} total [Actual Units])))
- if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({< Data ={'Forecast Tonnage'}>} total Amount),Sum({< Data ={'Forecast'}>} total  Amount)))

george456
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Thanks for the reply. I understand.

 

I managed the following with positive results:

1-(if(Dimensionality ()=1,FABS(RangeSum(if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({<[Actual Units Tonnage] = {">0"}>}[Actual Units Tonnage]),sum({<[Actual Units] = {">0"}>}[Actual Units])))
- if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({< Data ={'Forecast Tonnage'}>} Amount),Sum({< Data ={'Forecast'}>} Amount))),Sum(FABS(aggr((if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({<[Actual Units Tonnage] = {">0"}>}[Actual Units Tonnage]),sum({<[Actual Units] = {">0"}>}[Actual Units])))
- if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({< Data ={'Forecast Tonnage'}>} Amount),Sum({< Data ={'Forecast'}>} Amount)),Brand))))
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if(vMeasure='Tonnage',Sum({< Data ={'Forecast Tonnage'}>} Amount),Sum({< Data ={'Forecast'}>} Amount)))

 

Regards