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I have a Main Employee table that consists Personid, EmpStartDate and EmpEndDate. I need to create a graph that counts the distinct personid for employees in that financial year that were employeed - I wasnt sure whether to post in Deskop or Dax commands so I have posted in both - hope that is okay.
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| PersonId | EmpStartDate | EmpEndDate |
| 01135190 | 11/03/1986 00:00 | |
| 01135191 | 11/04/1988 00:00 | 30/09/2018 00:00 |
| 01135192 | 10/09/1979 00:00 | 31/10/2018 00:00 |
| 01135193 | 15/02/1988 00:00 | 30/09/2018 00:00 |
| 01135194 | 01/04/2023 00:00 | 01/04/2023 00:00 |
| 01135195 | 21/09/1987 00:00 | |
| 01135196 | 19/09/1988 00:00 | |
| 01135197 | 26/03/1977 00:00 | 31/05/2023 00:00 |
| 01135198 | 29/04/1986 00:00 | |
| 01135199 | 28/09/1987 00:00 | 30/06/2020 00:00 |
| 01135200 | 05/12/1988 00:00 | |
| 01135201 | 24/04/1989 00:00 | |
| 01135202 | 18/01/1988 00:00 | |
| 01135203 | 01/02/1988 00:00 | 01/02/2024 00:00 |
| 01135204 | 01/02/1988 00:00 | 23/10/2023 00:00 |
| 01135205 | 05/02/1988 00:00 | 30/06/2020 00:00 |
| 01135206 | 01/08/1989 00:00 | 31/08/2019 00:00 |
| 01135207 | 01/02/1990 00:00 | 30/04/2019 00:00 |
| 01135208 | 12/02/1990 00:00 | 30/09/2020 00:00 |
| 01135209 | 28/10/1986 00:00 | |
| 01135210 | 29/02/1988 00:00 | |
| 01135211 | 27/09/1982 00:00 | 31/03/2021 00:00 |
| 01135212 | 02/01/1990 00:00 | 31/10/2022 00:00 |
| 01135213 | 04/12/1989 00:00 | |
| 01135214 | 15/01/1990 00:00 | 31/01/2021 00:00 |
| 01135215 | 19/04/1990 00:00 | 26/04/2020 00:00 |
| 01135216 | 15/10/1990 00:00 | |
| 01135217 | 02/07/1990 00:00 | |
| 01135218 | 01/02/1989 00:00 | 01/02/2024 00:00 |
| 01135219 | 12/04/1989 00:00 | 01/02/2024 00:00 |
| 01135220 | 01/01/2018 00:00 | 01/02/2024 00:00 |
| 01135221 | 13/06/1988 00:00 | 30/06/2023 00:00 |
| 01135222 | 17/04/1990 00:00 | 15/10/2019 00:00 |
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Hi @spandy34
Assuming that in your employee table each employee only has one record and making sure that the date table is disconnected from the employee table, try this:
Count by Time Period =
VAR StartDate =
MIN ( Dates[Date] )
VAR EndDate =
MAX ( Dates[Date] )
RETURN
COUNTROWS (
FILTER (
EmpData,
EmpData[EmpStartDate] <= EndDate
&& (
ISBLANK ( EmpData[EmpEndDate] ) || EmpData[EmpEndDate] >= StartDate
)
)
)
Please see the attached pbix.
@spandy34
Another option:
Create a Calendar / FY table so you can easily slice by Financial Year if you don´t have one yet.
FY Calendar = VAR StartYear = 2020 VAR EndYear = 2027 RETURN ADDCOLUMNS( GENERATESERIES( DATE(StartYear, 4, 1), DATE(EndYear, 3, 31), 1 ), "FY", "FY " & FORMAT([Date], "YYYY") & "/" & FORMAT([Date]+365, "YY") )
Then mark this table as a Date table and create a relationship to your Employee table on a date (you can use EmpStartDate or create a duplicate inactive relationship if needed).
Active Headcount FY = VAR CurrentFYStart = MIN('FY Calendar'[Date]) VAR CurrentFYEnd = MAX('FY Calendar'[Date]) RETURN CALCULATE( DISTINCTCOUNT(Employee[PersonId]), Employee[EmpStartDate] <= CurrentFYEnd, OR( ISBLANK(Employee[EmpEndDate]), Employee[EmpEndDate] >= CurrentFYStart ) )
@spandy34
Please try:
Headcount EOY =
VAR FYEndDate = MAX('FY Calendar'[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(Employee[PersonId]),
Employee[EmpStartDate] <= FYEndDate,
OR(ISBLANK(Employee[EmpEndDate]), Employee[EmpEndDate] >= FYEndDate)
)
Hi @spandy34
Assuming that in your employee table each employee only has one record and making sure that the date table is disconnected from the employee table, try this:
Count by Time Period =
VAR StartDate =
MIN ( Dates[Date] )
VAR EndDate =
MAX ( Dates[Date] )
RETURN
COUNTROWS (
FILTER (
EmpData,
EmpData[EmpStartDate] <= EndDate
&& (
ISBLANK ( EmpData[EmpEndDate] ) || EmpData[EmpEndDate] >= StartDate
)
)
)
Please see the attached pbix.
Thank you very much for your response - it has worked and I amended it as the following to refect table name - thanks again
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