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ValeriaBreve
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3 years ago
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Issue with measure

Hello, I have a PowerBI report which is quite simple: 1 transactional table + a date table. The transactional table has data since June 2022 - the date table has dates since 1/1/2022. The 2 are con...
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    johnt75
    3 years ago

    I don't know what is going on with the calculated column, but you can get the daily figures by amending your calculation item to be

    VAR numDaysBefore =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Days Before Today'[Days Before Today] )
VAR numDaysAfter =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Days After Today'[Days After Today] )
VAR baseDate =
    TODAY ()
VAR startDate = baseDate - numDaysBefore
VAR endDate = baseDate + numDaysAfter
VAR datesToUse = DATESBETWEEN (
            DateTable[Date],
            startDate,
            endDate
        )
VAR selectedDate = SELECTEDVALUE( DateTable[Date])
RETURN
	IF(
		selectedDate IN datesToUse,
		CALCULATE(
			SELECTEDMEASURE(),
			KEEPFILTERS( datesToUse )
		)
	)
ValeriaBreve's avatar
ValeriaBreve
Icon for Post Partisan rankPost Partisan
3 years ago

Hi John,

I have tried my best to replicate the file.

So, I cannot replicate the issue I have with the calculated column in the original file - which I cannot share as it is confidential. It looks the same, format is number, no blanks, but PowerBI will not allow me to do any aggregation with it. When I put this calculated column in a table, instead of having the sum as per specified summarization, I get discreet numbers... I don't understand what is going on. If you have any hints about what I can check, it would be much appreciated!

 

Calculated Column:

Total Amount (kg) = 

if ('Transactional Table'[CONFIRMED_AMOUNT]=0,'Transactional Table'[SCHEDULED_AMOUNT],'Transactional Table'[CONFIRMED_AMOUNT])
 
... no summarizing possible

 

However, even with the mock file, I can't get what I want  which is actually what you suggested to me on another post (Solved: Re: Use What-If parameter for selecting a date int... - Microsoft Power BI Community). I wanted to be able to let the users filter for dates through the use of parameter slicers (Days Before Today/ Days After Today), as you taught me . I have tried to apply the calculation group, but it does not work... the measure calculates for every date, so I cannot filter out what's = 0. What am I doing wrong? 

File is on https://we.tl/t-tjWRmXRCAU

 

 

Thanks a lot!

Kind regards

Valeria

 

 

johnt75's avatar
johnt75
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3 years ago

I don't know what is going on with the calculated column, but you can get the daily figures by amending your calculation item to be

VAR numDaysBefore =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Days Before Today'[Days Before Today] )
VAR numDaysAfter =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Days After Today'[Days After Today] )
VAR baseDate =
    TODAY ()
VAR startDate = baseDate - numDaysBefore
VAR endDate = baseDate + numDaysAfter
VAR datesToUse = DATESBETWEEN (
            DateTable[Date],
            startDate,
            endDate
        )
VAR selectedDate = SELECTEDVALUE( DateTable[Date])
RETURN
	IF(
		selectedDate IN datesToUse,
		CALCULATE(
			SELECTEDMEASURE(),
			KEEPFILTERS( datesToUse )
		)
	)