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metcala
Helper III
Helper III

Total time a post has been vacant between dates

Hi

 

I am looking to create a DAX measure to calculate the total amount of time a post has been vacant between two dates and another measure to count the instances of vacancy (recruitment campaigns).

 

All Occupant IDs start with a number and all Vacancy IDs start with V.

 

The data structure certainly is not ideal but unfortunately this is something I don't have control of and can not change.

 

Data Structure

 

Role IDDivisionGradeDisciplineOccupant ID/Vacancy IDStart DateEnd Date

1001

A1.1Sales100011/1/2030/6/21

1001

A1.1SalesV00101/7/2130/9/21

1001

A1.1Sales100101/10/21 
1002B1.3Support100021/1/2031/12/20
1002B1.3SupportV00021/1/2131/1/21
1002B1.3Support100031/2/2131/8/21
1002B1.3SupportV00121/9/2130/9/21
1002B1.3Support100151/10/21 

 

Expected Outcome

 

Date filter 1/1/20 to 30/9/21

 

Role IDVacant DaysVacant Instances
1001921
1002612

 

Have been struggling with this one and any help would be very much appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance!

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @metcala 

Please refer to attached sample file with the proposed solution

1.png

Vacant Days = 
VAR MinDate = MIN ( 'Date'[Date] )
VAR MaxDate = MAX ( 'Date'[Date] )
RETURN
    SUMX (
        FILTER ( 
            'Table',
            ISERROR ( VALUE ( 'Table'[Occupant ID/Vacancy ID] ) )
        ),
        DATEDIFF (
            MAX ( 'Table'[Start Date], MinDate ),
            MIN ( COALESCE ( 'Table'[End Date], TODAY ( ) ), MaxDate ),
            DAY
        ) + 1
    )
Vacant Instances = 
COUNTROWS ( 
    FILTER ( 
        'Table',
        ISERROR ( VALUE ( 'Table'[Occupant ID/Vacancy ID] ) )
    )
)

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eliasayyy
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

hello @metcala 

use 3 measures

 

Condition = 
IF( LEFT(MAX('Table'[Occupant ID/Vacancy ID]),1) = "V" , "Yes" , "No")

 

 

 

Count = 
COUNTROWS(FILTER('Table',[Condition] = "Yes"))

 

 

 

Date Diff = SUMX(FILTER('Table',[Condition] = "Yes"),DATEDIFF( 'Table'[Start Date] , 'Table'[End Date] ,DAY) + 1 )

 



annonymous1999_0-1686915555506.png

 

 

tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @metcala 

Please refer to attached sample file with the proposed solution

1.png

Vacant Days = 
VAR MinDate = MIN ( 'Date'[Date] )
VAR MaxDate = MAX ( 'Date'[Date] )
RETURN
    SUMX (
        FILTER ( 
            'Table',
            ISERROR ( VALUE ( 'Table'[Occupant ID/Vacancy ID] ) )
        ),
        DATEDIFF (
            MAX ( 'Table'[Start Date], MinDate ),
            MIN ( COALESCE ( 'Table'[End Date], TODAY ( ) ), MaxDate ),
            DAY
        ) + 1
    )
Vacant Instances = 
COUNTROWS ( 
    FILTER ( 
        'Table',
        ISERROR ( VALUE ( 'Table'[Occupant ID/Vacancy ID] ) )
    )
)

Thanks so much for the prompt response. It worked perfectly!!

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