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Creating a common YearMonth column in Power BI

codingenthu — Tue, 14 May 2024 15:23:37 GMT

Hi,

In Power BI, I'm working with a WorkStationAudit Table containing columns such as StartDate, EndDate, CreatedDate, ResolutionDate, and Issuekey. My aim is to generate a Line and Clustered Column chart, with the x-axis representing YearMonth and the y-axis showing the count of Issuekey. The chart should include two lines: Actual and Planned. The Actual(count of actual completed wsa cumulatively) line is derived from the ResolutionDate, while the Planned line(shows cumulatively over each month how many wsa are planned for the year) is based on the StartDate. However, I'm encountering difficulty in selecting the appropriate date for the x-axis. If I use StartDate, only the Actual line functions correctly; if I opt for ResolutionDate, only the Planned line is accurate.

Any ideas/Suggestions would help Thanks!

Re: Creating a common YearMonth column in Power BI

Greg_Deckler — Tue, 14 May 2024 15:36:31 GMT

codingenthu Sorry, having trouble following, can you post sample data as text and expected output?
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Re: Creating a common YearMonth column in Power BI

Anonymous — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:57:58 GMT

Hi, codingenthu

Based on your information, I create a sample data table:

Create a calculated column :

YearMonth = FORMAT('Table'[StartDate], "YYYY-MM")

Then create two measures :

Actual Count = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Issuekey]), FILTER(ALL('Table'), 'Table'[ResolutionDate] <= MAX('Table'[ResolutionDate]))) Planned Count = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Issuekey]), FILTER(ALL('Table'), 'Table'[StartDate] <= MAX('Table'[StartDate])))

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Re: Creating a common YearMonth column in Power BI

codingenthu — Wed, 15 May 2024 13:26:06 GMT

Anonymous Thank you for the reply!!

Actually in the visual i want to see both Actual and Planned Lines. So what i was trying to say is If i create YearMonth column based on StartDate then only Planned Line seems working as we have used StartDate in the Planned Line and Actual Line seems doesn't working.

Re: Creating a common YearMonth column in Power BI

sjoerdvn — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:43:23 GMT

I think what you need is to have a single date (dimension) table and multiple relationships. Then, create measures with USERELATIONSHIP. Checkout https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/userelationship-function-dax