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prill2ta
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7 years ago
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Allocating Values Over Time Based on Initial Date

I have two tables - One with Assignment Volume designated by an Assignment Number. The other table breaks out the Assignments by how many months they take and how much time is allocated per month. ...
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  • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
    v-jiascu-msft
    7 years ago

    Hi prill2ta,

     

    Since there isn't a month "February" for "A-100-101", I would suggest you create a new table. Please check out the demo in the attachment.

    Table =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        FILTER (
            CROSSJOIN (
                SELECTCOLUMNS (
                    'Table1',
                    "a", [Assignment Type],
                    "b", [Designator],
                    "c", [Start Month]
                ),
                Table2
            ),
            [a] = [Assignment Type]
        ),
        "startmonth", EDATE ( [c], [Month in Assignment] - 1 )
    ),
    "Designator", [b],
    "Assignment Type", [a],
    "Month in Assignment", [Month in Assignment],
    "Time Dedication (hrs)", [Time Dedication (hrs)],
    "Final StartMonth", [startmonth]
)

    Allocating-Values-Over-Time-Based-on-Initial-Date

     

    Best Regards,
    Dale

Greg_Deckler's avatar
Greg_Deckler
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7 years ago

So are those tables related?

prill2ta's avatar
prill2ta
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7 years ago

Hey Greg!

 

In this "nerfed down" instance of my particular issue, yes. 

 

These are related by the Assignment Type. 


I am able to currently calculate a total time needed per assignment with no issues.  The main problem I am having is assigning the Start Date of the Assignment to Month in Assignment = 1. 

 

For example: 

 

Assignment Designator "A-100-101" has Start Month = "1/1/2016" and Assignment Type = "1"

I can see from the Time Table that Assignment Type = "1" has a duration of 4 months ("1", "2", "3", "4"), and each month has a different time requirement. 

 

I am looking to be able to say that for "A-100-101" January 2016 =1.25 hrs, Feburary = 1hrs, March = 0.5hrs, and April = 1.5hrs based on the second table. 

  • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
    v-jiascu-msft
    Icon for Microsoft Employee rankMicrosoft Employee
    7 years ago

    Hi prill2ta,

     

    Since there isn't a month "February" for "A-100-101", I would suggest you create a new table. Please check out the demo in the attachment.

    Table =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        FILTER (
            CROSSJOIN (
                SELECTCOLUMNS (
                    'Table1',
                    "a", [Assignment Type],
                    "b", [Designator],
                    "c", [Start Month]
                ),
                Table2
            ),
            [a] = [Assignment Type]
        ),
        "startmonth", EDATE ( [c], [Month in Assignment] - 1 )
    ),
    "Designator", [b],
    "Assignment Type", [a],
    "Month in Assignment", [Month in Assignment],
    "Time Dedication (hrs)", [Time Dedication (hrs)],
    "Final StartMonth", [startmonth]
)

    Allocating-Values-Over-Time-Based-on-Initial-Date

     

    Best Regards,
    Dale

    • prill2ta's avatar
      prill2ta
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      7 years ago

      Hey v-jiascu-msft, 

       

      Thank you very much. This is the solution I have been looking for. 

       

      I will be sure to study this to ensure that I completely understand what's going on!