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kl8818
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2 years ago
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Syntax Error for Quarter Date Variable

Hi - could someone explain what was done incorrectly with this measurement? Power BI is stating my syntax for 'StartofQuarter' is incorrect. Agree / Strongly Agree QTR (%) = VAR CurrentDate =...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi kl8818 ,

     

    At my knowledge, the STARTOFQUARTER function expects a date column as an argument, not a single date value.

    Please try something like this

    Agree / Strongly Agree QTR (%) =

VAR CurrentDate = TODAY()

VAR CurrentYear = YEAR(CurrentDate)

VAR CurrentQuarter = QUARTER(CurrentDate)



VAR _StartOfQuarter =

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        CurrentQuarter = 1, DATE(CurrentYear, 1, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 2, DATE(CurrentYear, 4, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 3, DATE(CurrentYear, 7, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 4, DATE(CurrentYear, 10, 1)

    )

RETURN ***

     

    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi kl8818 ,

 

At my knowledge, the STARTOFQUARTER function expects a date column as an argument, not a single date value.

Please try something like this

Agree / Strongly Agree QTR (%) =

VAR CurrentDate = TODAY()

VAR CurrentYear = YEAR(CurrentDate)

VAR CurrentQuarter = QUARTER(CurrentDate)



VAR _StartOfQuarter =

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        CurrentQuarter = 1, DATE(CurrentYear, 1, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 2, DATE(CurrentYear, 4, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 3, DATE(CurrentYear, 7, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 4, DATE(CurrentYear, 10, 1)

    )

RETURN ***

 

Best Regards,

Wearsky