DAX % of Parent Category Measure

Shows each product's sales as a percentage of its own category's total, not the grand total.

Filters and ContextAdvancedpercentageof parentallexceptdivide

DAX code

% of Parent Category =
VAR CurrentSales = [Total Sales]
VAR CategoryTotal = CALCULATE([Total Sales], ALLEXCEPT('Product', 'Product'[Category]))
RETURN
    DIVIDE(CurrentSales, CategoryTotal)

Notes

Replace 'Product'[Category] with whatever column represents the "parent" level in your hierarchy.

Requirements

A dimension table with a category/parent column, and the Total Sales measure.

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How to use this measure

In Power BI Desktop, select the table that should hold the measure and choose New measure on the ribbon.
Paste the code, then replace the placeholder table and column names with your own. The My table names fields above do this for you.
Run it through the DAX Formatter if you want it laid out in your team's style.

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