I have an excel sheet with list of few zip codes. Wanted to play with ARCGis
maps. When I imported my excel sheet with zip code, Power BI automatically calculates sum of all the zip codes and gives me a total. Because of this the zip codes are not getting plotted on the map. I just get total of all zip codes when I drag and drop zip code field into the work area. How do I fix this.? Please help
You can see the sigma sign in the picture.
Two approaches.
You can select the field and go to Modeling -> Properties to change the Default Summarization to Don't summarize.
You can change the settings of the values to Don't summarize.
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I am trying to build a report from this table where I am only interested in names that have a total of negative total_rate as seen in the output table.
Output
In PBI this is very simple, no magic needed.
Place the table visual on your report, drag the 3 columns in the table. Apply a filter to only include rates < 0. See image below.
I am a Power Bi beginner, trying to solve the following issue.
I have got the following table:
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I would like to get this result :
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Basically the new measure should show sums for each project forecast.
Any help will be appreciated.
To get the final table you have to choose Table on Visualizations and organize columns in this way (see the screenshot). Then right click on Forecast in Values and check Don't summarize.
If it doesn't help, please check the data types.
I'm using a calculated column that is an average. The problem is, the average is above the range of possible values, which should be impossible. I made a calculated column that calculates the average star rating (out of a range of 1-5) and the value on a visual is coming up as 6, which shouldn't be possible, even if all the values were 5 stars, which it isn't. So there must be an outlier causing the average to be above the range of possible values, but it isn't in the original data source which Power BI pulls from. The original data source shows me a value of 4.1 as an average, which is within the expected range. But Power BI's dataset has introduced an outlier or (data is missing) that caused the average to become a 6.
I can elaborate on the dax below, but what I want to try to do is pull the dataset down from power bi to figure out why it's calculating its average that way. Looking at the source data, the average is 4.1 and there are no outliers in the source data. So, it's not the source data that's the problem. Basically, I want to find the outlier that's causing the average rating to differ in Power BI.
Avg Rating = IF(SUM(data[Total Reviews]) = 0, BLANK(), SUM(data[Monthly Stars])/SUM(data[Total Reviews]))
Here's a screencap that shows the two
relevant columns
Notice that I had to manually calculate (aka eyeball the columns and type into a calculator then calculate manually) these two columns, which came out to ~4.6. I'm trying to download this dataset to explore it in further detail without having to eyeball the dataset, as the source doesn't show this discrepancy.
To get to the data you have a number of options.
Create a new report in Power BI Desktop, and then use the connect to PBI Dataset option to access that data, in for example, a table. You can create your own report based on the dataset in the service as well.
Access that data via Analyze in Excel, which should allow you to access the data in a pivot table using Excel
Use the Export data from the visual option, using this you can download 30,000 rows into a csv, or 150,000 in to xlsx formats
Please note, that these options may not be available to you if you do not have the right permissions in the workspace, or options have been turned off in the Power BI Admin tenancy settings.
I have a very large and dynamic Power BI dashboard that I have developed that my client user would really like to be able to gain access to in Excel. I have tried two ways to getting it connected:
1. In Excel >> Data/Get Data/From Power BI
2. In published Power BI Dashboard menu: Analyze in Excel
What it show in Excel looks wonderful if and only if I can place counts or sums into the values box. I keep getting this error and need help fixing: "The field that you are moving cannot be placed in that area of the report."
Please let me know what additional information that I can provide that would be useful. Any insight would greatly be appreciated!
I figured it out. I need to create measures in Power BI to place variables as values in Excel
I've done some basic things in a query editor via the user interface. For instance, I renamed a column. Now I'm going back to review, but I'm having a hard time figuring out where the details of the step are.
In Applied Steps, on the "Renamed Column", I can right click and go to properties, but it does not list the old and new column name. There is no gear/setting icon to the right. How do I figure out what the new and old column names are?
For the "remove top rows" step, I can click on the gear icon to the right, and get a box with the number of rows, and edit it. How can I do the same with other steps such as renaming columns?
Not all commands have a gear icon in the Applied Steps panel. The Advanced editor can be quite overwhelming at first.
To ease into things, go to the View ribbon and ensure that "Formula Bar" is ticked, like in the screenshot below. Now you can select a step in the Applied Steps panel and its formula shows in the formula bar, very much like in Excel. You can edit the formula and change parameters as you see fit.
You can expand the formula bar to show a few more rows, with the icon at the right of the formula bar.
The code behind the Query Editor is Power Query. Microsoft Power BI ports many useful / frequently-used functions to the user interface for easier / better user experience (but not all functions, obviously).
Therefore, if you want to find the details of a step, you can always go to the Advanced Editor and check out the original Power Query code to find the corresponding line of code. You can also modify the code directly if you understand Power Query.
Below is a screenshot of the Advanced Editor, where the Table.RenameColumns function in Power Query is highlighted, which is the same as Rename Column in Power BI: