topic Help calculating change between hours and/or minutes in DAX Commands and Tips

Help calculating change between hours and/or minutes

pabeader — Fri, 20 May 2022 12:28:06 GMT

I need to calculate the change in a value between hours, minutes and between entries. Similar to how you can do between days or months.

I have no idea how to start or even if it's possible.

Data is inventory level taken at 5 minute intervals.

I suspect that Power BI can't do this. Nothing in DAX for minutes or hours. Not sure about M. Might be something in there.

Data:

Material	Inventory	TimeStamp
18	13	4/6/22 3:44:07 PM
18	15	4/6/22 3:45:56 PM
18	12	4/6/22 3:50:00 PM
18	10	4/6/22 3:55:01 PM
18	13	4/6/22 4:10:00 PM
21	5	4/6/22 3:44:07 PM
21	9	4/6/22 3:45:56 PM
21	8	4/6/22 3:50:00 PM
21	4	4/6/22 3:55:01 PM
21	5	4/6/22 4:10:00 PM
26	5	4/6/22 3:44:07 PM
26	3	4/6/22 3:45:56 PM
26	9	4/6/22 3:50:00 PM
26	8	4/6/22 3:55:01 PM
26	2	4/6/22 4:10:00 PM

Output:

Material	Per Entry	Per Hour
18	null
18	2
18	-3
18	-2	-3
18	3	3
21	null
21	4
21	-1
21	-4	-1
21	1	1
26	null
26	-2
26	6
26	-1	3
26	-6	-6

Re: Help calculating change between hours and/or minutes

VahidDM — Mon, 02 May 2022 01:43:17 GMT

Hi pabeader

Can you post sample data as text and expected output?
Not enough information to go on;

please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

The most important parts are:
1. Sample data as text, use the table tool in the editing bar
2. Expected output from sample data
3. Explanation in words of how to get from 1. to 2.
4. Relation between your tables

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Re: Help calculating change between hours and/or minutes

pabeader — Mon, 02 May 2022 13:19:10 GMT

If data is needed then I'm not doing a good enough job explaing the need or the reader isn't going to be able to answer the request.

Re: Help calculating change between hours and/or minutes

Anonymous — Fri, 06 May 2022 02:00:23 GMT

Hi pabeader ,

You can refer the following links to get it by DAX or Power Query Editor...

Calculating day/time difference

Power bi Date Difference – 8 Different Examples

Dynamically Compute Different Time Duration in Power BI Using DAX

If the above one can't help you get the desired result, please provide some sample data in your tables (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples. It is better if you can share a simplified pbix file. You can refer the following link to upload the file to the community. Thank you.

How to upload PBI in Community

Best Regards

Re: Help calculating change between hours and/or minutes

pabeader — Fri, 20 May 2022 12:05:20 GMT

Love this work! Unfortunatly, I did NOT do a good enough job in my explinaiton... I'll try adding sample data and expected output.

Re: Help calculating change between hours and/or minutes

pabeader — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 01:33:18 GMT

Any new thoughts about this one?