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Dynamic Real-Time Budget Totals in Model-Driven Apps: Calculating Item Costs in Budget Headers

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Hi everyone,

I'm a Power Apps newbie who's been building a practice model-driven budget app for travel approval. It has two tables:

  • Budget Headers: Tracks trip details like traveler name, destination, and date.
  • Budget Items: Lists individual expense items with their expected cost.

Obviously, one budget will have multiple items. Here's my challenge:

I want a "Total Cost" field in Budget Headers that automatically reflects the summed cost of all its corresponding items in Budget Items. Ideally, this should be a real-time calculation, where adding a new item instantly updates the Total Cost in the associated budget.

Can someone guide me on how to achieve this dynamic total cost calculation? 

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    Drew Poggemann Profile Picture
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    Re: Dynamic Real-Time Budget Totals in Model-Driven Apps: Calculating Item Costs in Budget Headers

    Hi @Eric19 ,

    Nothing available out of the box (would require custom code) for realtime rollup calculations but you can utilize rollup fields that will allow you to sum up the child records.  


    Check out this learn article for creating rollup fields:  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/create-define-calculation-rollup-fields/ 

  • Eric19 Profile Picture
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    Re: Dynamic Real-Time Budget Totals in Model-Driven Apps: Calculating Item Costs in Budget Headers

    Thank you

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