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kl8818
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Syntax Error for Quarter Date Variable

Hi - could someone explain what was done incorrectly with this measurement? Power BI is stating my syntax for 'StartofQuarter' is incorrect.

Agree / Strongly Agree QTR (%) =
VAR CurrentDate = TODAY()
VAR StartofQuarter =
STARTOFQUARTER(CurrentDate)
VAR EndofQuarter =
ENDOFQUARTER(CurrentDate)

RETURN
CALCULATE('Level 1'[Agree / Strongly Agree (%)],
FILTER('Level 1', 'Level 1'[From Date] >= StartofQuarter && 'Level 1'[From Date] <= EndofQuarter))
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Anonymous
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Hi @kl8818 ,

 

At my knowledge, the STARTOFQUARTER function expects a date column as an argument, not a single date value.

Please try something like this

Agree / Strongly Agree QTR (%) =

VAR CurrentDate = TODAY()

VAR CurrentYear = YEAR(CurrentDate)

VAR CurrentQuarter = QUARTER(CurrentDate)



VAR _StartOfQuarter =

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        CurrentQuarter = 1, DATE(CurrentYear, 1, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 2, DATE(CurrentYear, 4, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 3, DATE(CurrentYear, 7, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 4, DATE(CurrentYear, 10, 1)

    )

RETURN ***

 

Best Regards,

Wearsky

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @kl8818 ,

 

At my knowledge, the STARTOFQUARTER function expects a date column as an argument, not a single date value.

Please try something like this

Agree / Strongly Agree QTR (%) =

VAR CurrentDate = TODAY()

VAR CurrentYear = YEAR(CurrentDate)

VAR CurrentQuarter = QUARTER(CurrentDate)



VAR _StartOfQuarter =

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        CurrentQuarter = 1, DATE(CurrentYear, 1, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 2, DATE(CurrentYear, 4, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 3, DATE(CurrentYear, 7, 1),

        CurrentQuarter = 4, DATE(CurrentYear, 10, 1)

    )

RETURN ***

 

Best Regards,

Wearsky

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