DAX code
Profit =
-- Assumes a Cost column sits alongside Amount in the same Sales table
SUM('Sales'[Amount]) - SUM('Sales'[Cost])DAX Profit Measure
Subtracts total cost from total revenue.
My table names
Type your table and column names once. Every measure below updates.
Notes
Replace 'Sales'[Amount] and 'Sales'[Cost] with your own revenue and cost columns.
Requirements
- A fact table with both a revenue column and a cost column.
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.
Related DAX measures
More DAX resources
Browse all 175 measures in the Power BI DAX Measures Library, or search the library for something similar to Profit.