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Calculation instructions controlled by excel input file

Javier070590
7 - Meteor

Dear Community,

I would like to ask you if it is possible to control some calculation by excel input file. I have some already prepared data and I have some financial measures there. However some of that data need to be recalculated further. In the first table below there is a sample of calculated results and based on that there is a second table with instructions - the second table would be a external "dictionary". For example, to calculated measure Z, I need to add measure A to measure B and then deduct measure C. The new measure after calculation needs to be unioned with the first table.

 

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Thank you in advance,

Marcin

 

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Ladarthure
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

Hi @Javier070590,

 

if you want to do this, you can process in multiple steps 

  1. Connect both files, the one with your data, the on with your coefficients
  2. join those files using a join tool on the field measure
  3. from the J (joined) output of the tool, you can then create a formula to multiply value by the factor
  4. finally, you can use a summarize tool to agregate by using a group by on new measure and summing the previous field calculated in the step 3

 

Arthur

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