Example

This calculated measure computes the percent profit for each Unit as the percent difference between Price and Cost.

Calculation

Percent difference between measure UNIT_PRICE (...) and measure UNIT_COST (...).

Multiply result by 100.

OLAP Expression Syntax

((PRICE_CUBE.UNIT_PRICE - PRICE_CUBE.UNIT_COST) / ABS(PRICE_CUBE.UNIT_COST)) * 100

Query Results

The Pct Profit column shows the percent difference between price and cost for personal computers. A Subtraction calculation computes the values of the Profit column.

Product              Price  Cost  Profit Pct Profit
-------------------- ----- ----- ------- ----------
Envoy Ambassador      2892  2664     228       8.55
Envoy Executive       2803  2644     160       6.04
Envoy Standard        1662  1737     -76      -4.35
Sentinel Financial    1755  1658      97       5.82
Sentinel Multimedia   1770  1813     -43      -2.38
Sentinel Standard     1552  1410     142      10.09