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GiantRectangle
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Trouble with Running Total

Hi all,

What I'm trying to do is average [ACT Productivity] with matching [Code] for all dates less that or equal to the date for the selected item. Here's my data, where [**bleep** Productivity] is Is shown calculated correctly. I can't seem to get PBI to do this:

[Date Week Ending]       [Code]  [ACT Productivity] [**bleep** Productivity]

1/24/2021 0:00            3.86021.3096428571.309642857
2/14/2021 0:003.860210.889473686.099558269
1/9/2022 0:003.71122.5252.525
1/16/2022 0:003.71123.8333333333.179166667
2/27/2022 0:003.71229.8142857149.814285714
3/13/2022 0:003.74524.04531254.0453125
3/20/2022 0:003.74524.6330827074.339197604
4/17/2022 0:003.71122.1922.850111111
4/17/2022 0:003.712211.0333333310.42380952
4/17/2022 0:003.81122.4595041322.459504132
4/24/2022 0:003.71121.5639484982.528570458
4/24/2022 0:003.712211.3510.73253968
5/1/2022 0:003.71122.8189300412.586642374
5/1/2022 0:003.71223.048.809404761
5/1/2022 0:003.81121.3693693691.914436751
5/8/2022 0:003.71121.9053364272.473091383
5/8/2022 0:003.71223.5365853667.754840882
5/8/2022 0:003.81121.2751.701291167
5/8/2022 0:003.81222.22.2
5/15/2022 0:003.71123.3931252.604524757
5/15/2022 0:003.71123.881252.764115412
5/15/2022 0:003.71229.4160583948.031710467
5/15/2022 0:003.71428.3602941188.360294118
5/15/2022 0:003.81122.5161290321.905000633
5/15/2022 0:003.81122.5419354842.032387603
5/15/2022 0:003.81224.63.4
5/22/2022 0:003.71122.758620692.763504888
5/22/2022 0:003.712210.178.337180401
5/22/2022 0:003.71428.8882917478.624292933
5/22/2022 0:003.81124.4909090912.442141185
5/22/2022 0:003.81224.6753.825
5/22/2022 0:003.81428.6208333338.620833333

 

Here's the measure I've got:

**bleep** Productivity =
VAR MaxDate = MAX ( 'Date'[Date] ) -- Saves the last visible date
VAR ThisCode = SELECTEDVALUE( data[Code] ) -- Saves the code for the line
RETURN
CALCULATE (AVERAGE(data[ACT Productivity]), -- Average productivity
'Date'[Date] <= MaxDate,        -- Where date is before the last visible date
data[Code] = ThisCode,           -- Where code is the same as this line
ALL ( Date )                              -- Removes any other filters from Date
)

 

 

And here's a snip of the result. As you can see, [**bleep** Productivity] is coming through exactly the same as [ACT Productivity]:

GiantRectangle_0-1654102767369.png

What am I doing wrong?

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
tamerj1
Super User
Super User

hi @GiantRectangle 

please try

**bleep** Productivity =
VAR MaxDate =
    MAX ( 'Date'[Date] ) -- Saves the last visible date
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        AVERAGE ( data[ACT Productivity] ),
        -- Average productivity
        'Date'[Date] <= MaxDate,
        -- Where date is before the last visible date
        ALLEXCEPT ( data, data[Code] ),
        -- Where code is the same as this line
        ALL ( Date ) -- Removes any other filters from Date
    )

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GiantRectangle
Regular Visitor

Thanks, tamerj1! That did it!

tamerj1
Super User
Super User

hi @GiantRectangle 

please try

**bleep** Productivity =
VAR MaxDate =
    MAX ( 'Date'[Date] ) -- Saves the last visible date
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        AVERAGE ( data[ACT Productivity] ),
        -- Average productivity
        'Date'[Date] <= MaxDate,
        -- Where date is before the last visible date
        ALLEXCEPT ( data, data[Code] ),
        -- Where code is the same as this line
        ALL ( Date ) -- Removes any other filters from Date
    )

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