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Hello everyone,
I have implemented a new Date Picker following this quick tutorial in order to extend the possibility of filtering my data. However, I am struggling with calculating measures for the previous period selected in my Date Picker.
First, here is how my model is built:
here is the measure I want to calculate in a modified filter context:
here is a quick example of how my Dateslicer selection is built:
I then put the "Period" column in a slicer in order to select the "Last calendar week" option and then filter the Datedim table in the corresponding manner and to replace the classic between date slicer.
However, since I have implemented this configuration, I am not able to calculate the previous_period_measure with this original formula (startOfPrevPeriod and endOfPrevPeriod being out of the data range filtered with the slicer) :
Previously, without the DateSlicerSelection, the DateDim[FullDateAlternateKey] was in a between date slicer and everything was working fine. Despite the fact that I have absolutely no idea of how to fix it, I have made few observations:
I am able to get the very first Date of my DimDate table even with it is filtered with he following formula :
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