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Calculated Table from Another Table Info
Hi,
I have a table with below information on Power BI:
| ID | Benefit Date | Saving/year |
| 1 | 1/1/2013 | $5 |
| 2 | 3/5/2014 | $3 |
| 3 | 4/6/2014 | $15 |
| 4 | 5/5/2015 | $20 |
| 5 | 8/8/2015 | $27 |
This table has an ID and for that ID the annual savings numbers and when the first benefit date would be.
I need to create a new calculated table. This table will get the ID and Savings/year information form the above table. However, it needs to create one row per ID and years between 2013-2023. So for every ID number, there would be a row with a year between 2013 and 2023. It will look like below:
| ID | Year | Saving/year | Calculated Savings |
| 1 | 2013 | $5 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 1 | 2012 | $5 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 1 | 2014 | $5 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 1 | 2015 | $5 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 2 | 2013 | $3 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 2 | 2012 | $3 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 2 | 2014 | $3 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 2 | 2015 | $3 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 3 | 2013 | $15 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 3 | 2012 | $15 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 3 | 2014 | $15 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 3 | 2015 | $15 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 4 | 2013 | $20 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 4 | 2012 | $20 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 4 | 2014 | $20 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 4 | 2015 | $20 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 5 | 2013 | $27 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 5 | 2012 | $27 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 5 | 2014 | $27 | Calculate the savings for the year |
| 5 | 2015 | $27 | Calculate the savings for the year |
Any suggestions on how I can do this. Initially, I've created one table with all IDs and for each calendar year savings I've made a calculated column. But because the years were in the columns, I wasn't able to create a relationship. I need to have both the IDs and years in rows as above so I can create a relationship with their columns.
So, something like this?
Table3 = VAR __ids = DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS('Table2',"__ID",[ID])) VAR __years = DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS(ADDCOLUMNS(SELECTCOLUMNS(Table2,"__Date",[Benefit Date]),"__Year",YEAR([__Date])),"__Year",[__Year])) VAR __table = GENERATEALL(__ids,__years) VAR __table1 = ADDCOLUMNS(__table,"__Savings/year",MAXX(FILTER('Table2',[ID] = [__ID]),[Saving/year])) RETURN __table1 See attached.See attached.
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So, something like this?
Table3 = VAR __ids = DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS('Table2',"__ID",[ID])) VAR __years = DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS(ADDCOLUMNS(SELECTCOLUMNS(Table2,"__Date",[Benefit Date]),"__Year",YEAR([__Date])),"__Year",[__Year])) VAR __table = GENERATEALL(__ids,__years) VAR __table1 = ADDCOLUMNS(__table,"__Savings/year",MAXX(FILTER('Table2',[ID] = [__ID]),[Saving/year])) RETURN __table1 See attached.See attached.
Thank you very much this worked! However, I face another problem now with a circular reference. Can there be anything in the DAX code that can cause this?
The table I've just created with your code was a savings table. I have another table with spendings. These two tables are non in a direct relationship, I have other tables in between.
In order for me to have a line and stacked column chart, my idea was to use an auto-generated dates table that would have a relationship with each of these tables individually. However, this results in a circular reference. And without this relationship, I can't create this graph where they have a common date.
