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A better way to do calculations

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Posted on by colbyturybury

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I have a spreadsheet in excel with a ton of calculations that take place. We are wanting to completely move it to power apps so it is more accessible. I have been wracking my brain trying to create and excel type system in Power apps. I have tried Calculated columns in Sharepoint to perform the calculations but you can only calc the current row. A single field in a record can not refer to the record above in that same column or any column for that matter. I am looking for guidance how to approach running calcs in power apps. Maybe I need to completely rethink the process. No sure what to do aside from building a bunch of text boxes in power apps and have those do the math.

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Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Unfortunately, as you have likely discovered, you cannot import calculated columns from an excel spreadsheet into PowerApps. If all of your data was in the same record, it wouldn't be a big problem but since your calculations involve data from different records, you will need to be able to reference the data value via Lookup() functions for your calculations. LookUp(Table, Formula [, ReductionFormula ] ) The formula determines which row to select and the ReductionFormula is the value for the column in the selected row.

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RR-12122147-0 7 on at

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Bump. Same challenge. Using database operation principles implemented on the canvas - It works, but it is slow.

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