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CarlosPelay
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Error Using a Dax Measure as a constant

Hi I have a dash with a number of measures filtered by the current fiscal year. 

 

I'd like to save the value of the current fiscal year in a Dax measure and then use that measure as a sort of constant to filter all my other measures.  That way I only have to update the value of the one constant measure every year instead of all the other measures.

 

For example:

 

__CURRENT CAMPAIGN YR = "FY25"
 
and then
 
Appeals_Total$_SPONSORSHIP = CALCULATE(SUM('Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal Split Amount]),'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal]="BBFC Sponsorship",'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Campaign]=[__CURRENT CAMPAIGN YR])
 
But this gives me the following error:
 
CarlosPelay_0-1730305559676.png

 

However, this works:

 

Appeals_Total$_SPONSORSHIP = CALCULATE(SUM('Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal Split Amount]),'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal]="BBFC Sponsorship",'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Campaign]="FY24")
 

Any suggestions as to how I can implement this correctly?

 

Thank you.

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Anonymous
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Thanks for the reply from lbendlin.

 

Hi @CarlosPelay,

 

As lbendlin says, when we try to use a measure as a filter in another measure, a syntax error occurs because the measure cannot be calculated as a fixed constant value.

To solve this problem, we can use a variable in the second measure to store the value of __CURRENT CAMPAIGN YR.

Please use the following DAX:

 

Appeals_Total$_SPONSORSHIP = 
VAR _a=[__CURRENT CAMPAIGN YR]
RETURN
CALCULATE(SUM('Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal Split Amount]),'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal]="BBFC Sponsorship",'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Campaign]=_a)

 

 

Best Regards,
Zhu

 

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Anonymous
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Thanks for the reply from lbendlin.

 

Hi @CarlosPelay,

 

As lbendlin says, when we try to use a measure as a filter in another measure, a syntax error occurs because the measure cannot be calculated as a fixed constant value.

To solve this problem, we can use a variable in the second measure to store the value of __CURRENT CAMPAIGN YR.

Please use the following DAX:

 

Appeals_Total$_SPONSORSHIP = 
VAR _a=[__CURRENT CAMPAIGN YR]
RETURN
CALCULATE(SUM('Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal Split Amount]),'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Appeal]="BBFC Sponsorship",'Final_RE_Gift Detail'[Campaign]=_a)

 

 

Best Regards,
Zhu

 

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thanks Zhu!  This was very helpful

lbendlin
Super User
Super User


You cannot measure a measure directly. Either materialize it first, or create separate measures that implement the entire business logic.

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