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judddonnelly
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Today()

I have the following measure that occasionally throws an error I believe to be associated with the Today().  

 

CurA =
AverageX(
CALCULATETABLE(
'FACT_PROD_CUM_VW',
FACT_PROD_CUM_VW[Prod Date] < DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())-2), FACT_PROD_CUM_VW[Prod Date] > DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())-8)
),
[Gross Oil]
)

 

 

Error message:

Feedback Type:
Frown (Error)

Timestamp:
2020-12-02T13:50:52.7737492Z

Local Time:
2020-12-02T06:50:52.7737492-07:00

Session ID:
1a828dce-0c42-46c5-b822-16998c6ff77c

Release:
October 2020

Product Version:
2.86.727.0 (20.10) (x64)

Error Message:
MdxScript(Model) (35, 40) Calculation error in measure 'FACT_PROD_CUM_VW'[CurA]: An argument of function 'DATE' has the wrong data type or the result is too large or too small.

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@judddonnelly , When you subract days from date , like this DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())-8)

 

On the 8th on month this will error as date do not take 0 in day .

Try like DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())) -8

 

I have logged an issue sometime back on this.

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@judddonnelly , When you subract days from date , like this DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())-8)

 

On the 8th on month this will error as date do not take 0 in day .

Try like DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())) -8

 

I have logged an issue sometime back on this.

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