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wnicholl
Resolver II
3 years ago
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Rolling Dates

I have dax measue that works but I beleive the dates are static and would need to be manually updated for the next months. I need the dates to automatically change;  From: DATE(2022,05,01), DATE(2023,04,30)  To  DATE(2022,06,01), DATE(2023,05,30) for the next month. Any help would be greatly appricated. 

 

Here is the full measure:

 

2023 Inforce =
CALCULATE(
    COUNTA('AISCVGP'[ACCUS#]), FILTER('AISCVGP', AISCVGP[ACSTA] = "ACT") ,
    DATESBETWEEN('Calendar'[Date], DATE(2022,05,01), DATE(2023,04,30)
))
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  • jdbuchanan71's avatar
    jdbuchanan71
    3 years ago

    Sorry, I misread your starting date, it is in 2022 so that would look like this which makes more sense.

    2023 Inforce =
VAR _Start = EOMONTH ( TODAY(), -13 ) + 1
VAR _End = EOMONTH ( TODAY(), -1 )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        COUNTA ( 'AISCVGP'[ACCUS#] ), 
		AISCVGP[ACSTA] = "ACT",
        DATESBETWEEN ( 'Calendar'[Date], _Start, _End )
    )

     

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  • jdbuchanan71's avatar
    jdbuchanan71
    Super User
    3 years ago

    I use the VAR just to make it easier to read in this case but you could write the measure like this as well.

     

    2023 Inforce =
CALCULATE (
    COUNTA ( 'AISCVGP'[ACCUS#] ),
    AISCVGP[ACSTA] = "ACT",
    DATESBETWEEN (
        'Calendar'[Date],
        EOMONTH ( TODAY (), -13 ) + 1,
        EOMONTH ( TODAY (), -1 )
    )
)

     

  • jdbuchanan71's avatar
    jdbuchanan71
    Super User
    3 years ago

    wnicholl 

    You can use TODAY() to get a dynamic date range.  Next month should it be 
    DATE(2022,06,01), DATE(2023,05,30) or
    DATE(2022,06,01), DATE(2023,05,31) ?
    Assuming you want the first of the month and the end of the previous month it would be like this.

    2023 Inforce =
VAR _Start = EOMONTH ( TODAY (), -1 )
VAR _End = _Start + 1
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        COUNTA ( 'AISCVGP'[ACCUS#] ), 
		AISCVGP[ACSTA] = "ACT",
        DATESBETWEEN ( 'Calendar'[Date], _End, _Start )
    )

    You also don't need the FILTER('AISCVGP' portion and it is a bad idea to use FILTER over a whole table so I updated that as well.

     

    • wnicholl's avatar
      wnicholl
      Resolver II
      3 years ago

      jdbuchanan71 

      I tried the measure and it's returning no values.  Yes, the next set of dates should be DATE(2022,06,01), DATE(2023,05,31). Any other suggestions? If I use datesbetween I would need to update the dates manually...is that corrcet?  Thank you!

  • jdbuchanan71's avatar
    jdbuchanan71
    Super User
    3 years ago

    Sorry, I misread your starting date, it is in 2022 so that would look like this which makes more sense.

    2023 Inforce =
VAR _Start = EOMONTH ( TODAY(), -13 ) + 1
VAR _End = EOMONTH ( TODAY(), -1 )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        COUNTA ( 'AISCVGP'[ACCUS#] ), 
		AISCVGP[ACSTA] = "ACT",
        DATESBETWEEN ( 'Calendar'[Date], _Start, _End )
    )

     

    • wnicholl's avatar
      wnicholl
      Resolver II
      3 years ago

      That worked! Thank you very much. I need to learn how to use the "VAR" dax code!   Very helpful!