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ellac
Helper III
Helper III

Wrong total when combining two measures based on IF condition

Hi!

 

I'm trying to combine to measures - Measure 1 Measure 2 - based on what date it is. This is Measure 3. I want to show Measure 1's value for the days up until today, and Measure 2's value for today and forward. My current solution gives med the wrong total.

 

My DAX code right now: 

Measure 3=
IF(
    MAX([DATE]) < TODAY(),
    [MEASURE 1],

    [MEASURE 2]
)

ellac_3-1645520588808.png

As you can see I get the same total for Measure 3 as Measure 2. It should be 51, not 76.

FYI, I only have data in my columns to create Measure 1 and Measure 2 as they are in the picture.

 

Any ideas on what to do?

 

/Ella

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Jos_Woolley
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi,

 

MyMeasure :=
VAR MyTable =
    SUMMARIZE(
        'Table',
        'Table'[DATE],
        "Value", IF( 'Table'[DATE] < TODAY(), [MEASURE 1], [MEASURE 2] )
    )
RETURN
    IF(
        ISFILTERED( 'Table'[DATE] ),
        IF( MAX( 'Table'[DATE] ) < TODAY(), [MEASURE 1], [MEASURE 2] ),
        SUMX( MyTable, [Value] )
    )

 

Regards

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Jos_Woolley
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

You're welcome!

Cheers

Jos_Woolley
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi,

 

MyMeasure :=
VAR MyTable =
    SUMMARIZE(
        'Table',
        'Table'[DATE],
        "Value", IF( 'Table'[DATE] < TODAY(), [MEASURE 1], [MEASURE 2] )
    )
RETURN
    IF(
        ISFILTERED( 'Table'[DATE] ),
        IF( MAX( 'Table'[DATE] ) < TODAY(), [MEASURE 1], [MEASURE 2] ),
        SUMX( MyTable, [Value] )
    )

 

Regards

Hi Jos! IT IS WORKING 🙂 Thank you so much for such a quick response!!

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