Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Enhance your career with this limited time 50% discount on Fabric and Power BI exams. Ends August 31st. Request your voucher.

Reply
kavster
Frequent Visitor

DAX LastDate? Problem

Hi, I wonder if someone can help me get past this road block.  I have tried so many options (mainly around virtual tables and dax last date) I think my approach must be wrong.

 

I have two tables; the first a date table (below left) with a column showing the period and year that each date falls into (13 financial periods of 4 weeks).  

 

In the second table (below right) I have the same financial period format column; I am trying to build a calculated column in this second table that returns the last date only of each period using the date table.  No relationship between tables, multiple values in FY-Period columns of both tables (date column is unique).  

kavster_0-1647210397450.png

 

Thank you.

 

2 ACCEPTED SOLUTIONS
Anonymous
Not applicable

hi @kavster 

 

I think the best way is to first create a summarized table : 

last_date_table_period = SUMMARIZE(
'Periods and Weeks','Periods and Weeks'[FY-Period],"last_date", LASTDATE('Periods and Weeks'[Date]))
 
after that you add a coulmn in the full_schedule_data : 
last_date = LOOKUPVALUE(
last_date_table_period[last_date],last_date_table_period[FY-Period],Full_Schedule_Data[Period_FY]
)
 
Did I answer your question? Thanks to mark my post as a solution 😁

 

View solution in original post

Yep, you nailed it.  Brilliant thank you for the help, works perfectly. 

View solution in original post

4 REPLIES 4
Anonymous
Not applicable

hi @kavster 

 

I think the best way is to first create a summarized table : 

last_date_table_period = SUMMARIZE(
'Periods and Weeks','Periods and Weeks'[FY-Period],"last_date", LASTDATE('Periods and Weeks'[Date]))
 
after that you add a coulmn in the full_schedule_data : 
last_date = LOOKUPVALUE(
last_date_table_period[last_date],last_date_table_period[FY-Period],Full_Schedule_Data[Period_FY]
)
 
Did I answer your question? Thanks to mark my post as a solution 😁

 

Yep, you nailed it.  Brilliant thank you for the help, works perfectly. 

Anonymous
Not applicable

  • hello, can you add a file pbix?

PBIX file at link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kIGdn4PguMTHg7LBqL9G-H0jP9RpxmV-/view?usp=sharing

 

What I am trying to achieve is a new calculated column in the Full_Dchedule_Data_Table by looking up the Period_FY date (blue box) in the Period and Weeks Table (red box) and returing the Date (green box).  But it need to be the latest date in that period.  So for example P11_2021 would return a date in the calculated column of 05 Feb 2022, which would be on all rows where the FY_Period is P11_2021.

kavster_1-1647339262519.png

 

kavster_2-1647339552023.png

Helpful resources

Announcements
July PBI25 Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - July 2025

Check out the July 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

This is your chance to engage directly with the engineering team behind Fabric and Power BI. Share your experiences and shape the future.

June 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - June 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.