Filter/parameter to link activity to a department with date values

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I am creating a dataset for operation departments with the following (simplyfied) tables:

Employee list

Name	Code	Department	Start date	End date	Active?
Ali	123	Customer Service	1-1-2021	1-5-2021	Inactive
Ali	123	Special Care	2-5-2021	1-6-2021	Inactive
Ali	123	Customer Service	2-6-2021	31-12-2999	Active

Activity table

Activity number	Employee code	Solved date
1	123	1-4-2021
2	123	10-5-2021
3	123	10-6-2021

These tables have a relation on Employee Code. The problem is that the department name is not registered in the system that holds the activity data.

In this example I want to make a dashboard for Customer Service so I filter in the employee list on Customer Service. Since the tables are linked on employee code the result will be 3 activities. The result should be 2 activities because the second activity was solved by the employee when he worked for Special Care department.

How can I create a parameter/measure/filter to check if the solved date is in the date ranges that the employee worked for Customer Service? This should be the outcome:

Activity number	Employee code	Solved date	True/False?
1	123	1-4-2021	True
2	123	10-5-2021	False
3	123	10-6-2021	True

In conslusion: I use the employee table to filter on a department. I need a solution to filter the right activities by checking if the solved date is included in the date range of an employee working for a department.

Thanks in advance and if more information is necessary I can provide it.

Teun

[Anonymous]

It works! Thank you very much!

[dedelman_clng · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous  - 

Add this calculated column to the Activity table, then you can tie it to the filter on Department

Department =
VAR __Solve = [Solved date]
VAR __Code = [Employee code]
RETURN
    MAXX (
        FILTER (
            ALL ( EmpDept ),
            EmpDept[Code] = __Code
                && EmpDept[Start date] <= __Solve
                && EmpDept[End date] > __Solve
        ),
        EmpDept[Department]
    )

Hope this helps,

David