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heejinyune
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Find the nearest value within a month

Hello community! 

 

Is anyone familiar with writing the Dax Programming to find the nearest (closest ) value in the table?

 

For example, My table is like this:

heejinyune_0-1668623156155.png

 

 

And I want to find the nearest Model built time value with 1 month average built time (in this case, today date is 2022/11/16 so 

(213 + 444 + 532 + 111 / 4 ) = 325 ) 

so the nearest value of 325 in this table should be 213 (A125) not 345 (A124) as that model not in a past month from current date.

Therefore, how do i return 213 using the dax programming?

 

Thank you so much for your help! 

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v-zhangti
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @heejinyune 

 

You can try the following methods.
Column:

Month = MONTH([Model built Date])

Measure:

Nearest Average = 
 CALCULATE(AVERAGE('Table'[Model built time]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Month]=MONTH(TODAY())))

vzhangti_0-1668652200417.png

Difference = ABS(SUM('Table'[Model built time])-[Nearest Average])
Nearest Value = 
Var _mindiff=MINX(FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Month]=MONTH(TODAY())),[Difference])
Return
IF([Difference]=_mindiff,SUM('Table'[Model built time]))

vzhangti_1-1668652838986.png

Is this the result you expect?

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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v-zhangti
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @heejinyune 

 

You can try the following methods.
Column:

Month = MONTH([Model built Date])

Measure:

Nearest Average = 
 CALCULATE(AVERAGE('Table'[Model built time]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Month]=MONTH(TODAY())))

vzhangti_0-1668652200417.png

Difference = ABS(SUM('Table'[Model built time])-[Nearest Average])
Nearest Value = 
Var _mindiff=MINX(FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Month]=MONTH(TODAY())),[Difference])
Return
IF([Difference]=_mindiff,SUM('Table'[Model built time]))

vzhangti_1-1668652838986.png

Is this the result you expect?

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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

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