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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 ID | Division | Grade | Discipline | Occupant ID/Vacancy ID | Start Date | End Date |
1001 | A | 1.1 | Sales | 10001 | 1/1/20 | 30/6/21 |
1001 | A | 1.1 | Sales | V0010 | 1/7/21 | 30/9/21 |
1001 | A | 1.1 | Sales | 10010 | 1/10/21 | |
1002 | B | 1.3 | Support | 10002 | 1/1/20 | 31/12/20 |
1002 | B | 1.3 | Support | V0002 | 1/1/21 | 31/1/21 |
1002 | B | 1.3 | Support | 10003 | 1/2/21 | 31/8/21 |
1002 | B | 1.3 | Support | V0012 | 1/9/21 | 30/9/21 |
1002 | B | 1.3 | Support | 10015 | 1/10/21 |
Expected Outcome
Date filter 1/1/20 to 30/9/21
Role ID | Vacant Days | Vacant Instances |
1001 | 92 | 1 |
1002 | 61 | 2 |
Have been struggling with this one and any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @metcala
Please refer to attached sample file with the proposed solution
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] ) )
)
)
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 )
Hi @metcala
Please refer to attached sample file with the proposed solution
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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