topic Measure for net gain/loss in DAX Commands and Tips

Measure for net gain/loss

rogerdea — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:47:50 GMT

Hello, i'm trying to calculate the net gain or loss using two different date columns. One column is 'join date' and the other is called 'leave date'. Join date always has a value and leave date might not if someone is still active.

I'm not sure how to do this in DAX as i need to COUNT distinct ID's, for both date columns and then calculate the difference between each yearly value:

Any ideas?

thanks

Re: Measure for net gain/loss

speedramps — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:27:32 GMT

Hi roger

Why does 1212, 2099 and 1313 rejoin in overlapping periods and how do you want these overlaps counted please?

Re: Measure for net gain/loss

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:29:23 GMT

Hi rogerdea ,

You will need to unpivot the columns JoinDate and LeaveDate.

Click on Unpivot Columns

After unpivoting your table will look like below.

Create a Calculated Column

Year = YEAR('Table'[Date])

Create a Measure

Net Gain/Loss =

var _DistinctCount_Joining_by_year = CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[ID]),FILTER('Table','Table'[Join/Leave] = "JoinDate"))

var _DistinctCount_Leave_by_year = CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[ID]),FILTER('Table','Table'[Join/Leave] = "LeaveDate"))

RETURN

_DistinctCount_Joining_by_year -_DistinctCount_Leave_by_year

Regards,
Harsh Nathani

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