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DIACHROMA
Helper II
4 years ago
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Calculated Column from another fact table without relationship

Hello dear colleagues, 

 

I'm trying to create a calculated column in the following context:

I have an "Event Attendees" table in which I have a row for each attendee of promotional events. I need to know if within 30 days of the date of the event an order has taken place.

 

Regarding my model, I have my "Event Attendees" table, my "Sales" table but they have no relationship between them. They are both linked to my "Customer" and "Calendar" dimensions. 

I've already created a new column that gives us the date at Days + 30, as you see below:

 

Event NameEvent DateDays +30Attendee Sales D+30 ?
Event 101/01/202231/01/2022Customer A 
Event 101/01/202231/01/2022Customer B 
Event 101/01/202231/01/2022Customer C 

 

I have already tried the following formula:

 

Sales D+30 =
CALCULATE (
[Total Sales] , 
FILTER ( 'Calendar' , 'Calendar'[Dates] >= MINX( 'Events Attendees' , 'Events Attendees'[EVENT DATE] ) ) ,
FILTER ( 'Calendar' , 'Calendar'[Dates] <= MINX( 'Events Attendees' , 'Events Attendees'[DAYS +30] ) )
)

 

But it is not working. 

 

Do you have any idea how I can solve this? If my formula is correct, does the problem come from my model?

 

Any help or new suggestion will be welcome 🙂

 

Thank you in advance for your precious help!

Pauline 

  • Hi DIACHROMA,

     

    You may try this Measure.

    Sales D+30? =
    CALCULATE (
        COUNT ( Sales[OrderDate] ), //Count Order in the Range
        TREATAS ( VALUES ( 'Events Attendees'[Attendee] ), Sales[Customer] ),
        FILTER (
            'Calendar',
            'Calendar'[Dates] >= MINX ( 'Events Attendees', 'Events Attendees'[EVENT DATE] )
                && 'Calendar'[Dates] <= MINX ( 'Events Attendees', 'Events Attendees'[DAYS +30] )
        )
    )

     

    Then, the result will look like this.

     

     

    Also, attached the pbix file as reference.

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let me know. Thanks a lot!

     

    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _ Caiyun

8 Replies

  • v-cazheng-msft's avatar
    v-cazheng-msft
    Community Support

    Hi DIACHROMA,

     

    You may try this Measure.

    Sales D+30? =
    CALCULATE (
        COUNT ( Sales[OrderDate] ), //Count Order in the Range
        TREATAS ( VALUES ( 'Events Attendees'[Attendee] ), Sales[Customer] ),
        FILTER (
            'Calendar',
            'Calendar'[Dates] >= MINX ( 'Events Attendees', 'Events Attendees'[EVENT DATE] )
                && 'Calendar'[Dates] <= MINX ( 'Events Attendees', 'Events Attendees'[DAYS +30] )
        )
    )

     

    Then, the result will look like this.

     

     

    Also, attached the pbix file as reference.

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let me know. Thanks a lot!

     

    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _ Caiyun

    • DIACHROMA's avatar
      DIACHROMA
      Helper II

      Hi CNENFRNL thank you very much for this proposal !

      However, in my Sales table I don't have the "Relevant Event" column. 

       

      I have events on one side, sales on the other, but no way to link an event to the sales generated behind it. It is for this reason that we look at 30 days following an event to find out if over this period the participant has generated sales.

  • vapid128's avatar
    vapid128
    Solution Specialist

    Just Make a relationship between 2 tables.

     

    And one important thing to remember, your sale table is your main table.

     

    IF your event are all 30 days, 

    create a new table. 

    newTable = GENERATE('table',GENERATESERIES('table'[Event Date],'table'[Event Date]+30))
    THEN
    create index column your newTable and sale table 
    index = [Value]&[Attendee ]
    LINK THOSE 2 INDEX
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hello,

    Is an attendee not supposed to be the 'customer' in the Sales table if he places an order ? 

    Have you tried using the AND operator instead of two 'FILTER' operations ?

     

    Like this : 

    Sales D+30 =
    CALCULATE (
    [Total Sales] , 
    AND( 'Calendar'[Dates] >=MINX( 'Events Attendees' , 'Events Attendees'[EVENT DATE]),
     'Calendar' , 'Calendar'[Dates] <= MINX( 'Events Attendees' , 'Events Attendees'[DAYS +30] ))
    )

     



     

  • Hi maybe something like that  

    --- No relationships between 'Calendar' & 'Events Attendees' tables , just a dynamic filetring
    --- But relationships between 'Calendar' & 'Sales' tables 
    Sales D+30 =
    Var CurrentDate
    = MAX('Calendar'[Dates]) RETURN
    CALCULATE (
    [Total Sales] ,
    FILTER ( 'Events Attendees' , 'Events Attendees'[EVENT DATE] >= CurrentDate && 'Events Attendees'[DAYS +30] <=CurrentDate
    )
    )

    Table visual ==>

    Event name | Calendar'[Dates] | Sales D+30

  • DIACHROMA it is pretty straightforward since you have the model already in place, just add the following measure:

     

    Sales D+30 New? = 
    VAR __numberOfDays = 30 
    VAR __eventStartDate = MIN ( 'Events Attendees'[Event Date]  )
    VAR __eventEndDate = __eventStartDate + __numberOfDays
    RETURN
    CALCULATE ( 
        COUNTROWS ( Sales ),
        DATESBETWEEN ( 
            'Calendar'[Dates], 
            __eventStartDate,
            __eventEndDate
    
        ) 
    )

     

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