Measure totals have been a problem since the dawn of placing DAX measures in table and matrix visualizations. The issue strikes at the core of the DAX language itself – context. The problem arises because the context in a total line for a table or matrix is effectively all rows. However, evaluating a DAX calculation in the context of all rows can often produce very different results than anticipated, which, for most users, would be the total of the numbers displayed in the rows of the table. However, DAX does not even consider the actual numbers displayed in rows of a table or matrix visualization when calculating the total line for a table or matrix visualization.
To be clear, DAX is doing exactly what it was programmed to do. The problem is that what it is doing is not in line with the expectations of users conditioned by decades of experience with...
