topic Re: Using TODAY() In Historical Visuals in DAX Commands and Tips

Using TODAY() In Historical Visuals

taylorb — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:09:08 GMT

This is probably a very simple solution. I have a card for daily count that uses Today() but I also want to see the historical trend. I obviously cannot use Today() since it will only show today. What could I use instead to show the count on each calendar date? Currently, there is not a relationship between the Calendar table and the data table, because I only have the start and end dates so I dont want my filter to only include records that started or ended on that date.

My Current measure:

CALCULATE( DISTINCTCOUNT(Assignments[ASSIGNMENT_ID]), Filter(Assignments, ([ASSIGNMENT_CURRENT_STATUS_NAME] = "Cleared to Start" || ([ASSIGNMENT_CURRENT_STATUS_NAME] = "Cancelled" && Assignments[WAS_NEVER_STARTED] = false)) && TODAY() >= 'Assignments'[START_DATE] && TODAY() <= 'Assignments'[END_DATE] && Assignments[JOB_POSITION_TYPE_NAME] = "Travel" ))

Re: Using TODAY() In Historical Visuals

nandic — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:32:43 GMT

taylorb ,
Is there a way to add new column which will represent actual date of reporting?
Example: today is 8/10/2020, tomorrow for all new rows it will be 8/11/2020, etc.
In this case you would compare start/end date with this columns (this column will substitute functino Today() so that it can be dynamic).

Re: Using TODAY() In Historical Visuals

amitchandak — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:37:48 GMT

taylorb , you can use userelation and crossfilter to deal with this

refer

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/HR-Analytics-Active-Employee-Hire-and-Termination-trend/ba-p/882970

https://radacad.com/userelationship-or-role-playing-dimension-dealing-with-inactive-relationships-in-power-bi

Also, refer to this video how to take trend using a disconnected table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMSovyosXE

Re: Using TODAY() In Historical Visuals

taylorb — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:01:07 GMT

I didnt know that you can use inactive relationships like that. Thanks so much