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Adapting Excel formula to Calculated Measure for Percent of Fiscal Year Elapsed

jts44246 — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:20:27 GMT

I have an Excel formula that calculates the percent of fiscal year that elapsed for the current date, and I want to use it in a calculated measure to add it as a dimension field on a PivotTable Cube. However, Copilot generated an error when I tried to adapt it to a calculated measure. Here's the Excel formula:

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=(1-((DATE(IF(MONTH(TODAY()-1)>7,YEAR(TODAY()-1)+1,YEAR(TODAY()-1)),6,30)-TODAY()-1)/365))

And here's what Copilot generated:

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WITH MEMBER [Measures].[MyCalculatedMeasure] AS
    '1 - (
      (
        DateSerial(
          IIf(Month(NOW() - 1) > 7, Year(NOW() - 1) + 1, Year(NOW() - 1)),
          6,
          30
        ) - NOW() - 1
      ) / 365'
SELECT
  [Measures].[MyCalculatedMeasure] ON 0
FROM [munprod_General Ledger Cubes]

Does anyone know how to fix this error and adapt the Excel formula to a calculated measure?

Re: Adapting Excel formula to Calculated Measure for Percent of Fiscal Year Elapsed

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 07:59:38 GMT

Hi jts44246 ,

You can create a measure as below with the same formula in Excel to get the same result...

Measure = ( 1 - ( ( DATE ( IF ( MONTH ( TODAY () - 1 ) > 7, YEAR ( TODAY () - 1 ) + 1, YEAR ( TODAY () - 1 ) ), 6, 30 ) - TODAY () - 1 ) / 365 ) )

Best Regards

Re: Adapting Excel formula to Calculated Measure for Percent of Fiscal Year Elapsed

jts44246 — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:22:59 GMT

Thanks,

Where are you entering this script? I am adding it to the Edit Calculated Measure window (below) but I receive the follow error (further below). Should this go somewhere else?

Re: Adapting Excel formula to Calculated Measure for Percent of Fiscal Year Elapsed

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 07:26:00 GMT

Hi jts44246 ,

What I using is Power BI Desktop, and create a measure in it. You can find the details in the attachment.

Get started with Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Where do you want to apply the calculation logic? Excel or other software? Could you please provide some sample data and the expected result with backend scenario?

Best Regards