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wllmc
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7 years ago
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Hi, I am looking for a way to add date as variables in the tables created. I have a few more other tables that are alike and want to avoid having to go into each table to update the dates.   ABC_SU...
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  • jdbuchanan71's avatar
    jdbuchanan71
    7 years ago

    Try putting them into a measure then using the measure in the table creation maybe?

    Start Date = DATE(2017,1,1)
    End Date = DATE(2017,3,31)
    ABC_SUMM_US_LY =
CALCULATETABLE (
    SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
        ABC_SUMM[SERV_NAME],
        "TTL CONT EX OH", SUM ( ABC_SUMM[TTL CONT EX OH] ),
        "TTL REV", SUM ( ABC_SUMM[TTL REV] )
    ),
    ABC_SUMM[SERV_NAME] = "US",
    DATESBETWEEN ( ABC_SUMM[MONTHYEAR], [Start Date], [End Date] )
)
    ABC_SUMM_US_TY =
CALCULATETABLE (
    SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
        ABC_SUMM[SERV_NAME],
        "TTL CONT EX OH", SUM ( ABC_SUMM[TTL CONT EX OH] ),
        "TTL REV", SUM ( ABC_SUMM[TTL REV] )
    ),
    ABC_SUMM[SERV_NAME] = "US",
    DATESBETWEEN ( ABC_SUMM[MONTHYEAR], [Start Date], [End Date] )
)
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Cmcmahan
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7 years ago

Are you trying to add a column of dates to your pre-existing table?  Or are you trying to create a large number of similar calculated tables?

 

It seems from your example code that your problem is that you are making multiple calculated tables and don't want to copy/paste the same code for every period, changing the dates every time.  Depending on how you plan to use your data, you're VERY likely to not even need to create a calculated table for each date range.

 

Questions:

1) How are you displaying this data? If it's in a table/matrix, you can set up date ranges for each column, and then the table automatically sets up a filter context for you.  No need to create a million tables for each specific range you ever feel like messing with.

2) How is a date grouping decided?  It looks like in the two examples you gave, you want Q1 2017 and Q1 2018 data.  PowerBI already comes with the ability to sort by quarter.   You can literally make a visual, drag the date into it as a value/axis/whatever's appropriate, click the dropdown to set it as a date hierarchy, and remove all the other parts of the hierarchy that aren't Quarter. Then drag your ABC_SUMM[TTL EX CONT EX OH] into the same visual, set it to aggregate as a sum, and let power bi do the rest!

If you're looking for some other sort of date grouping, read up on creating a date dimension to add your own indicators!

3) If you're trying to set up multiple visuals and have each one show a different quarter, you can set up visual level filters on each visual to only include specific date ranges.  No more messing about with extra tables!

 

 If none of these are a solution for your use case, please tell us more about it and we can figure out an answer better suited to you!

  • wllmc's avatar
    wllmc
    New Member
    7 years ago

    I am trying to re-created a report that was produced in excel which involved several aggregated calculations that lead me to create multiple calculated tables. My end goal is to show the City, Total Revenue and YoY change on a table/matrix and chart hence the tables for "this year" and "last year". I probably don't think its the ideal but I am open for a better method.