topic Re: Using OFFSET (and partition) to subtract row values that are grouped in DAX Commands and Tips

Using OFFSET (and partition) to subtract row values that are grouped

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 03:02:04 GMT

Hello PowerBI Community,

I would like to use the new OFFSET function in order to find the difference between two dates, but within groups. I think the OFFSET (with partition) would be ideal but I cannot get it to work.

The data is as follows:

The output I am after is that;

Row 1 & 2, "Forecast - Baseline" should read the difference between the 23/5/2023 and 22/3/2023, i.e: x63 days

Row 3 & 4, "Forecast - Baseline" should read the difference between the 21/6/2024 and 21/6/2024, i.e: x0 days

Row 5 & 6, "Forecast - Baseline" should read the difference between the 24/10/2024 and 30/10/2024, i.e: x7 days

I have spent a number of days on this (I am just starting off with PowerBI) and the closest DAX I wrote was as follows;

I get a circular dependency error, amongst other errors with other methods.

I would prefer to attach the PowerBI file but can't seem to find how to do this?

I hope someone can help me, thanks very much.

Regards, Chris.

Re: Using OFFSET (and partition) to subtract row values that are grouped

Jihwan_Kim — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 04:46:52 GMT

Hi,

I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

Re: Using OFFSET (and partition) to subtract row values that are grouped

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 04:57:59 GMT

Hi Jihwan_Kim,

That is great. Is there a way to have the values in the blank cells as well, i.e: 62 in Row 1 & Row 2, 0 in Row 3 & Row 4, etc. I expect I need this when I create the line chart.

Regards, Chris.

Re: Using OFFSET (and partition) to subtract row values that are grouped

Jihwan_Kim — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 05:56:38 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

If you want to see the results that are higher than zero, please try using ABS DAX function together.

Forecast-Baseline CC = VAR _offsetresult = MAXX ( OFFSET ( -1, SUMMARIZE ( Matrix, Matrix[CIM #], Matrix[Date Dataset], Matrix[Date] ), ORDERBY ( Matrix[Date Dataset], ASC ), KEEP, PARTITIONBY ( Matrix[CIM #] ) ), Matrix[Date] ) VAR _offsetresultreverse = MAXX ( OFFSET ( -1, SUMMARIZE ( Matrix, Matrix[CIM #], Matrix[Date Dataset], Matrix[Date] ), ORDERBY ( Matrix[Date Dataset], DESC ), KEEP, PARTITIONBY ( Matrix[CIM #] ) ), Matrix[Date] ) RETURN IF ( _offsetresult <> BLANK (), DATEDIFF ( _offsetresult, Matrix[Date], DAY ), DATEDIFF ( Matrix[Date], _offsetresultreverse, DAY ) )

Re: Using OFFSET (and partition) to subtract row values that are grouped

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 06:01:22 GMT

Amazing Jihwan_Kim, thank you so much for your help.

Re: Using OFFSET (and partition) to subtract row values that are grouped

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:32:26 GMT

Hello PowerBI community,

The solution above is correct (thanks Jihwan_Kim!), but in incorporating the real data I have uncovered another problem I am hoping I could get some help with.

The intent of this graph is to show the slip/gain or neutral status of project milestones (in reality there would be a lot more more than three).

The lines are now correctly being formatted if the milestone slips (red), stays the same/neutral (grey) or is brought forward/gain (green)

What is happening now is that if a date of a line moves past another line/dot, it splits up the line. The first picture is correct (with limited sample data), but if I move the end date of the red line past the 21/6/2024 (the grey dot) the line splits into two dots.

As an aside, if anyone can tell me how to upload the *.pbix file, I am happy to share it.

Thanks for your help.

Regards, Chris.