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Anonymous
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Date columns in IF function

Hi!

I have two date columns:

•dim_leads[meeting_date]
•dim_leads[closed_date]

What I want is to:

if dim_leads[closed_date] = BLANK(), 

then calculate the number of leads according to dim_leads[meeting_date], otherwise according to dim_leads[closed_date]. 

 

I've tried this:

 

 

IF(

    dim_leads[closed_date] = BLANK(),

    CALCULATE(

               DISTINCTCOUNT(dim_leads[id]),

               USERELATIONSHIP(dim_date[Date],      dim_leads[meeting_date])

,

    CALCULATE(

               DISTINCTCOUNT(dim_leads[id]),

               USERELATIONSHIP(dim_date[Date],      dim_leads[closed_date])

)

 

... but the thing is that it returns me the error because IF can not define a single value from date column and requires me to specify an aggregate which is not what i'm looking for. 

 

Can you help me with this, please? How can I combine IF function with date column in it?

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v-cazheng-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

 

Please make a little bit change to your dax formula.

CountIdInMeasure =

IF (

    SELECTEDVALUE ( dim_leads[closed_date] ) = BLANK (),

    CALCULATE (

        DISTINCTCOUNT ( dim_leads[id] ),

        USERELATIONSHIP ( dim_date[Date], dim_leads[meeting_date] )

    ),

    CALCULATE (

        DISTINCTCOUNT ( dim_leads[id] ),

        USERELATIONSHIP ( dim_date[Date], dim_leads[closed_date] )

    )

)

 

Result will looks like this:

vcazhengmsft_0-1636614377512.png

Attached the pbix file as reference.

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

 

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v-cazheng-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

 

Please make a little bit change to your dax formula.

CountIdInMeasure =

IF (

    SELECTEDVALUE ( dim_leads[closed_date] ) = BLANK (),

    CALCULATE (

        DISTINCTCOUNT ( dim_leads[id] ),

        USERELATIONSHIP ( dim_date[Date], dim_leads[meeting_date] )

    ),

    CALCULATE (

        DISTINCTCOUNT ( dim_leads[id] ),

        USERELATIONSHIP ( dim_date[Date], dim_leads[closed_date] )

    )

)

 

Result will looks like this:

vcazhengmsft_0-1636614377512.png

Attached the pbix file as reference.

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hey, thank you so much, you really helped me out! I appreciate it a lot.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Try like

 

CALCULATE(

DISTINCTCOUNT(dim_leads[id]),filter(dim_leads, isblank(dim_leads[closed_date])),
USERELATIONSHIP(dim_date[Date], dim_leads[meeting_date]) )
+
CALCULATE(

DISTINCTCOUNT(dim_leads[id]),filter(dim_leads, not(isblank(dim_leads[closed_date])) ),
USERELATIONSHIP(dim_date[Date], dim_leads[closed_date])

)

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