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artlearning
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Firstnonblank not working without month month column

Hello everyone - I'm trying to get the very first month name where I have a transaction. I tried to use Firstnonblank but it's not working as expected. Here's my dataset

 

CustomerAugust, 2022September, 2022November, 2022December 2022
A11  
B  55

 

I tried this expression 

 

Cust Firt Order:=FIRSTNONBLANK(Sales[Fiscal Month],[Lics]>0)

 

But is not working for all cases

 

CustomerCust First Order
AAugust, 2022
BDecember, 2022

 

For customer A, I get the correct date since the first transaction ocurred in August, but for customer B, I'm getting the December date when I should get November.

 

Appreciate your help!

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@artlearning , Make sure you are using a date table , use date in place of month name, month name are not sortable , Create date from Month Year

 

calculate(firstnonblankvalues(Date[Date], [Value Measure]) )

 

or

 

calculate(firstnonblankvalues(Date[Date] ), [Value Measure]), filter( allselected(Table), Table[Customer] = max(Table[Customer]) ) )

 

 

Also, you can explore the Index function

 

Power BI Index function: Top/Bottom Performer by name and value- https://youtu.be/HPhzzCwe10U

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@artlearning , Make sure you are using a date table , use date in place of month name, month name are not sortable , Create date from Month Year

 

calculate(firstnonblankvalues(Date[Date], [Value Measure]) )

 

or

 

calculate(firstnonblankvalues(Date[Date] ), [Value Measure]), filter( allselected(Table), Table[Customer] = max(Table[Customer]) ) )

 

 

Also, you can explore the Index function

 

Power BI Index function: Top/Bottom Performer by name and value- https://youtu.be/HPhzzCwe10U

Share with Power BI Enthusiasts: Full Power BI Video (20 Hours) YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

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