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Hello guys!
I am new to Power BI and I need some help.
YTD calculation stops working correctly when I add Date column not from the Date Hierarchy.
This is my DAX formula:
But when I add Date field from another linked table, it works incorrectly, treats new column as a dimension and the number of rows is multiplied:
Joins between tables are configured correctly the problem is in calculation as I think. Could you maybe help how to solve it?
I want to ınclude ın my Vız date from the 'Fact' table, not from the separate Date hierarchy.
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@Anonymous , try like the example. The two comments at end are alternate
YTD QTY forced=
var _max = //or maxx(allselected('Order'),'order'[Date]) //max date in table
return
if(max('Date'[Date])<=_max, calculate(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESYTD('Date'[Date])), blank())
//or
//calculate(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESYTD('Date'[Date]),filter('Date','Date'[Date]<=_max))
//calculate(TOTALYTD(Sum('order'[Qty]),'Date'[Date]),filter('Date','Date'[Date]<=_max))
Thanks!
@Anonymous
The rules of correct PBI model design dictate that:
1. You should hide your fact table's columns.
2. You should only slice by dimensions. I can't stress this enough.
3. Your model should be a star-schema.
If you stick to these golden rules, you won't have problems.
@Anonymous , try like the example. The two comments at end are alternate
YTD QTY forced=
var _max = //or maxx(allselected('Order'),'order'[Date]) //max date in table
return
if(max('Date'[Date])<=_max, calculate(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESYTD('Date'[Date])), blank())
//or
//calculate(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESYTD('Date'[Date]),filter('Date','Date'[Date]<=_max))
//calculate(TOTALYTD(Sum('order'[Qty]),'Date'[Date]),filter('Date','Date'[Date]<=_max))
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