SUM

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Syntax

SUM(<column>)

Tutorial with example

In the video below,  we will go through: how to use SUM() and SUMX(), the difference between them and when should we use one vs the other.

The DAX SUM function calculates the sum of all numbers in a column while the DAX SUMX function returns the sum of an expression for each row in a table.

02:28 Create a measure to calculate the total sales using SUMX function
03:40 Create a calculated column for total sales (row by row)
05:16 Create a measure to calculate the total sales using SUM function
06:00 Difference between SUM and SUMX

Download example file:

For this you need the Northwind dataset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3NMI…

or you can download our example directly: here.

Remarks

If any rows contain non-numeric values, blanks are returned.

If you want to filter the values that you are summing, you can use the SUMX function and specify an expression to sum over.

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