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MAli_Ch
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2 years ago
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DAX changing its value

Hi, I'm working on a report where I have to show quarterly data based upon one or multiple years selected from the filter. I want to store the smallest year value for which i have created a measure s...
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    tamerj1
    2 years ago

    Hi MAli_Ch 

    please try

    MinYearSelected =
    MINX ( ALLSELECTED ( 'DIM_DATE'[REPORT_YEAR] ), 'DIM_DATE'[REPORT_YEAR] )

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tamerj1
Community Champion
2 years ago

Hi MAli_Ch 

please try

MinYearSelected =
MINX ( ALLSELECTED ( 'DIM_DATE'[REPORT_YEAR] ), 'DIM_DATE'[REPORT_YEAR] )

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    MAli_Ch
    Regular Visitor
    2 years ago

    Hi tamerj1, hope you are doing well. Thanks, your solution worked perfectly.
    Just for my understanding can you explain what is the difference between my and your MinYearSelected measure. It seems to be almost same.

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      tamerj1
      Community Champion
      2 years ago

      MAli_Ch 

      ALLSELECTED ignores the filter context of the visual and considers only the outer filter context represented by slicers and page filters etc. 

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        MAli_Ch
        Regular Visitor
        2 years ago

        Alright I get it, thanks again