I'm trying to calculate margin as usual but Tableau would not calculate simple fraction and as a result of calc shows 0.
Here is how I'm doing to get the result
IF [Scenario]="(Fact)"
Then (([2.1.4. Sales]+[3.1.5. Cost)/[2.1.4. Sales])
END
What am I doing wrong?
I suppose the problem is that the calculation uses wrong Number Forrmat.
You need to do the following
Right click calculation in measures bar
Select Default Properties -> Number Format ...
Choose Number (custom)
Click OK
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Simplified example: column of 'measure' data is binary 0's and 1's. The sum of the column (all the 1's summed) is 3948. The length of the column is 4567. 3948 is 86% of 4567. How do I create a bar chart showing this percentage. All I can get is a bar adding up to 100%.
I've tried absolutely everything in the percentage of dropdown, calculated fields, online tutorials, etc.
Two approaches:
Right click on your measure field on whichever shelf you placed it. Choose Quick Table Calc -> Percentage of Total. Experiment with different settings for "Compute Using" and read about addressing and partitioning of table calculations to learn how to specify percent of "what".
Or create a calculated field specific to your problem defined as below:
sum(int([my measure field] = 1)) / count(1)
Be sure to set the default number format for your calculated field to a percentage, by right clicking on it in the data pane (left margin) and revising the default properties
Note, the second calculation works because the INT() function converts True to 1 and False to 0, which is useful in several contexts.
You can go about this using the following method
Add 'measure' to Columns and make it a Discrete Dimension
Add SUM(Number of Records) to Rows. This should give you the bar chart you need.
This would help achieve what you are looking to do. For more customization and a better look for the graph you are looking to build in Tableau.
Add 'measure' to the colour legend and make it a Discrete Dimension.
Add SUM(Number of Records) as a Label and do a '% of Total' quick table calculation.
I have two values: Value and Percentage. To calculate the total, I just need to create a formula like this one:
({table.value} / 100.00) * {table.percentage}
My report shows the amount of sales grouping by product:
Value----------Percent-----------Total
Sum of Value---???---Sum of the formula above
The problem starts when I need to show the percent value grouped by products, I can't simply show a Sum of Percent and showing the Medium displays wrong value.
*Correct total based on the percentual.
For example, the second line of the table shows values grouped by product, as you can see, simply calculating the Medium shows 6,34 when it should be showing 8,32.
So, I was thinking about creating another formula, just to calculate the Percent value when grouped, like this:
Sum ({#Calculated}, {product.product_id}) / Sum ({table.value}, {product.product_id}) * 100
When previewing, it shows the correct values, but when running, it throws an exception telling me that I can't Sum the {#Calculated} because it needs to be bound to a grouping.
Is there any way to recalculate the percentual value based on a formula?
I've been ripping my hear out trying to figure out why this is happening, any help would be very much appreciated!
I'm trying to divide the result of a calculated field by another calculated field in order to get a percentage ("X% of transactions were at or below SLA" essentially). Not sure if the problem is how I'm calculating the two fields, or this new calculation I'm using.
Here is the calculation I'm using: sum([CALC1]) / ([CALC2]) --I'm getting a result of 1 using this, but am expecting something like .982.
CALC1: IF [Total Time (seconds)] > 180 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
CALC2: COUNT([Trans Id])
I thought it would make sense to add this in the answers portion, even though the correct answer is listed in the comments.
The issue is with how you are displaying the answer. Right click on the measure in the left hand pane and scroll down to "default properties". Go to "Number format" and adjust to the desired number of decimal places.
My requirement is to get the second max date available in report and filter the data set on this.
I tried something like this:
datediff('day',dt,max(dt))=1
Referred to this link
any help?
You're going to need Tableau 9.0 for this. Basically because any calculation you do on Tableau depends on the level of detail you have on the worksheet (the dimensions you put in there). So datediff('day',dt,max(dt))=1 won't work. First because you're mixing aggregated fields (max(dt)) with non-aggreagated (dt). Second, because the aggregation depends on the dimensions in the workfield.
But Tableau 9.0 has a new awesome feature, called Level of Detail calculations. It allows you to perform calculations in the level of detail you choose, depending not on the dimensions on the sheet. It is also calculated BEFORE any calculation on the worksheet (just after context filters).
Now to the answer. First I'll figure out what is the max(dt). Let's call it max_dt
{ FIXED : MAX(dt) }
This will calculated the maximum of dt in all your database
Now to get the second max, you can go like this:
{ FIXED : MAX(IF dt != max_dt
THEN dt
END)
}
This will calculated the maximum of dt, ignoring those who are equal to max_dt (that is the true max(dt)). Therefore, the second max.
Take a look on those LOD calculations. They were just released, I'm having tons of fun with them right now
If the view has date dimension
The easy way to do this,is to create a calculated Last()=1
then filter off the records that evaluate to TRUE
I have values in database witch is a percentage values for example:
Per columns : 90,85,38,70,85
I select “Per” as the value to be shown in the bar chart
But when I run my crystal report all my bar display as 100%
It does not take the exact value of “Per”
How can I solve this problem?
If your column values are whole numbers then you should probably create a formula to calculate the fraction. Then you should be able to display as a percentage. Eg. {table.fieldname} * .01