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maclura
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5 years ago
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Date Table - DAX - CALENDAR() - ADDCOLUMNS() - Quarter Issue

Hi, I create a new Date table with DAX using the CALENDAR() function. Adding new columns, no problem. When I add a new "Quarter" colum into the table my table stops starting from Jan 1st and move...
ADDCOLUMNS()
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Quarter Issue
  • CNENFRNL's avatar
    CNENFRNL
    5 years ago

    Hi, maclura , no worries, those other before July are not gone with the wind; but the mechnism under the hood is not clear.

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CNENFRNL
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5 years ago

Hi, maclura , no worries, those other before July are not gone with the wind; but the mechnism under the hood is not clear.

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    maclura
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    5 years ago

    Thank you CNENFRNL . 
    If I was a little more savvy, I would have to get there on my own. But I agree with you, why generated dates are sorted in that way?

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      5 years ago

      After some other tests, I think it should be something related to a chaching mechanism.
      In fact, sorting issues happen not only with rows, but also with columns, when you add more columns into the formula. The new columns are created regardless of their position in the formula.
      If you create a new date table, when you run the formula the first time, columns are created in the order they appear into the formula.

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    4 years ago

    I just had the same issue.  It is really weird that it would do that.  I had to sort the date column in mine asc to see it begining on 1/1/YYYY.