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dhenders1833
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2 years ago

DATEADD With Inconsistent Date Range

Hi All-   I have searched for days on YouTube and the web trying to find solve for the folllowing issue, and hope someone here can help.  I have the following dataset that includes sales by store f...
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gmsamborn
Super User
2 years ago

Hi dhenders1833 

 

Can you replicate this problem with a small sample pbix?   (I've tried a couple of simple examples and mine seem to work as expected.)

 

Also, can you double-check the error for your most recent example?  The previous error had to do with date tables in particular.

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dhenders1833
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Hi-

 

Please see example at link below.  Essentially I am unable to get the PY measure to calculate properly.  If I use PARALLELPERIOD, it calculates however the amount is incorrect.  If I use DATEADD, it will not allow me to pull into the visual.

 

I believe the issue it due to the fact that Store 202 does not have data for Apr 2024.  However in my actual dataset, I want the ability to still be able to calculate PY in spite of this, and I want to have a separate slicer that will allow the user to toggle between comp, non comp, and all stores.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BZrWk8RtIcTZBRL5JiDrnO8cVCYT4O9t/view?usp=drive_link