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Anonymous
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count of how many dates match

Hello, 

 

I have a table that I am essentially trying to flatten out, It looks like this

 

Planned Date

Actual Date

1/1/211/3/21
1/4/211/3/21
1/5/211/5/21

 

I have created a 2nd table as my calander and I would like to have the count of the above dates;

 

Calander DatePlanned CountActual Count
1/1/2110
1/2/2100
1/3/2102
1/4/2110
1/5/2111

 

 

Any tips on how to make the planned count and actual count columns?

 

Thanks!

 

 

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VahidDM
Super User
Super User

hi @Anonymous 

Try these measures:

Count Of Date Actual =
VAR _Date =
    MAX ( 'Calendar Table'[Calander Date] )
RETURN
    VAR _ActualDate =
        CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( 'Table' ), 'Table'[Actual Date] = _Date )
    RETURN
        IF ( ISBLANK ( _ActualDate ), 0, _ActualDate )
Count Of Date Planned =
VAR _Date =
    MAX ( 'Calendar Table'[Calander Date] )
RETURN
    VAR _PlannedDate =
        CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( 'Table' ), 'Table'[Planned Date] = _Date )
    RETURN
        IF ( ISBLANK ( _PlannedDate ), 0, _PlannedDate )

 

The output sill be as follow:

VahidDM_0-1629344178592.png

VahidDM_2-1629344229235.png

 

 

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Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

You can build a calculated column as follows and follow the same for the actual as well:

 

Planned Date Count = 
VAR __DATE = TABLE2[DATE] RETURN
COUNTROWS(
    FILTER( VALUES(table1[planned date]), table1[planned date] = __DATE )  
)

 

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Anonymous
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@Fowmy Thanks! This is working well but what if I have 2 items with the same date? It is just returning a '1' in these cases. How can I modify to count all the matching dates?

Hi @Fowmy ,

How did you manage to put column in variable?

VAR __DATE = TABLE2[DATE]

In my case never works.

Thanks.
 



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@Migasuke 

Yes, I mentioned it as a measure, it should be a calculated column. I changed the word in my reply.

Thanks 

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