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Anonymous
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Filter date in Calculate function

Hello,

 

I am posting because I am pretty new on Power BI and I seem to be stuck on a particular issue I hope you could help me with.

 

The problem is the following :

 

I have a list of number, related to dates. It allows me to make table with value per month.

 

I would like to isolate the value of the last month with a code as below but it does not work and i do not understand why...

 

mesure december =
var MAXI = month(LASTDATE(Data[Date]))

return

CALCULATE(sum(Data[Value]) , month(Data[Date]) = MAXI)
 
Please let me know if it is understandable and thank you in advance for your help
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Whitewater100
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi:

If you want to make a measure Total Amt = SUM(Data[Vlue])

Then you can do:

Last Month := CALCULATE([Total Amt], PREVIOUSMONTH('Dates'[Date]))    or

Last Month =  CALCULATE(SUM(Data[Value]), PREVIOUSMONTH('Dates'[Date])) 

 

This should be OK for you.

Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

Could you please tell me what is your desired output?
I have created a simple sample.

And the formula works well.

mesure december = 
var MAXI = month(LASTDATE(Data[Date]))
return

CALCULATE(sum(Data[Value]) , month(Data[Date]) = MAXI)

vpollymsft_0-1643857767702.png

If it is possible, please provide your pbix file without privacy information and desired output.

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ Polly

 

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

Anonymous
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Hello,

 

Sorry for the late reply.

 

I will attache the related document do you know how to proceed ?

 

The issue I have with my calculation is the following :

 

The total on column 2 focus on last month and is ok (310). But i don't understand why the others month that should be filter appear in the list (january to november)

 

Morizot_0-1644438318744.png

 

 

ValtteriN
Super User
Super User

Hi,

For LM calculations I recommend using functions like PREVIOUSMONTH,  DATEADD or PARARALLELPERIOD. 

e.g. CALCULATE(sum(Data[Value]) , PREVIOUSMONTH('Calendar'[Date]))

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