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Using Calculate function with two tables

SS0101 — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:28:03 GMT

hi guys,

I'm struggling with the following problem:

I have two tables:

1. projects table. each row represents a project that has a "start date" and "End date"

2. regular calendar table

I want to add a column to the calendar table that calculates how many active projects were on this day.

tried to work with a straightforward calculate function but got the same result for each date:

Active Projects =
VAR S_date = SELECTEDVALUE('Calendar Table'[Date])

RETURN

calculate(

COUNTROWS(project table),

FILTER(project table,

project table[start date] <= S_date && project table[end date]>=S_date))

what am I missing here? thanks in advance folks

Re: Using Calculate function with two tables

lbendlin — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 22:06:08 GMT

You would need to inactivate the relationship between the calendar table and the projects table. Then for your visual use the date from the calendar table for the axis and your measure as the data.

Re: Using Calculate function with two tables

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 08:24:39 GMT

Hi SS0101 ,

You can try the following measure:

Measure = var _select=SELECTEDVALUE('Calendar Table'[Date]) return COUNTX( FILTER(ALL('projects table'), _select>='projects table'[StartDate]&&_select<='projects table'[EndDate]),[project])

Or add an ALL() function to the original Dax.

ALL function (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Learn

If it doesn't meet your desired outcome, can you share sample data and sample output in table format? Or a sample pbix after removing sensitive data. We can better understand the problem and help you.

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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Re: Using Calculate function with two tables

SS0101 — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:24:34 GMT

thanks Liu Yang!

that nearly solved my issues, however - In this setup, I can't use any slicer (doesn't have any effect). is it due to the ALL command? how can it be worked around?

thanks