Compute running total via a calculated field formula

Unanswered Compute running total via a calculated field formula

  • Friday, March 08, 2013 12:09 PM
     
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    Hi,

    The following calculated field formula ([Sessions conducted at Top 5 clients]) generates a table of Sessions conducted at Top 5 clients

    =TOPN(5,SUMMARIZE(Feedback,Feedback[Organised by],"Count of sessions",[Sessions conducted]),[Sessions conducted],0)

    This table generates the correct result (I have verified the result by referring to this table in a SUMX() function).  So far so good.

    [Sessions conducted] is a calculated column computed as follows:

    =DISTINCTCOUNT(Feedback[Date])

    Can the TOPN() function be tweaked to generate a third column which will show a running total.

    Here is a simple example

    Suppose the TOPN() function above generates a two column table as follows:

    A 5
    B 4
    C 3
    D 2
    E 1

    How can I tweak the TOPN function to generate the following three column table

    A 5 5
    B 4 9
    C 3 12
    D 2 14
    E 1 15

    Please help.


    Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com