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esam
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3 years ago
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Month Series

Hi I have date table from 2023 to 2025 i want a column with month series where 36 being december 2025 and 1 being January 2023.
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    FreemanZ
    3 years ago

    hi esam 

    t

    Aha, try like

    Month Series =

    DATEDIFF(DATE(2023, 1, 1), [Date], MONTH)+1

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3 years ago

hi esam 

try to add a column like:

Month Series =

DATEDIFF([Date], DATE(2023, 1, 1), MONTH)+1

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esam
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3 years ago

Hi FreemanZ 

The solution you provided gave something similar but not accurate it is giving me result in negative 

for jan 2023 it is one than feb 2023 0 and for december 2025 -33 

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    FreemanZ
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    3 years ago

    hi esam 

    t

    Aha, try like

    Month Series =

    DATEDIFF(DATE(2023, 1, 1), [Date], MONTH)+1

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      esam
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      3 years ago

      Thank you for the solution FreemanZ can you explain a bit how this logic is working here !! 

      also how to get better with dax with real world scenarios 

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        FreemanZ
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        3 years ago

        hi esam 

         

        there is no secret, as long as you know the DATEDIFF function, which returns the number of periods between two dates. In this case, the period is MONTH. 

         

        In general,  learning DAX by doing. Try to bring change and value to your daily work with DAX.  If time allows, come back to the community and try to contribute.