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A measure that changes what Column it looks at based on Measure Result

I am trying to create a measure that looks at a column based on the current Month.

I have a Data coming into Power BI via an API, that is layed out in the following way (Not the actual table but should give you an idea of the layout):

 

Job IDJan 19Feb 19Mar 19Apr 19
1100   
250100  
3806090 
4 7060 
5 8030 
6  70100
7  90150
8  100200
9   95
10   60

 

 

So I have a measure that looks at the current Month and puts it into the format the table uses and joins it to the current year, so say its February 2019, the measure returns Feb 19 to match the table column, and this should update when the dashbaord is refreshed in March to Mar 19.  This measure is called Contracts List Month

What I need is a measure that totals up the column of the header dynamicly, so this month it would total up Feb 19, and then Next month when the Contracts List Month Measure updates to Mar 19, it instead totals up that column.

 

What is the best way of going about this?

 

 

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

Please try this measure:

Total Measure =
SUMX ( TableName, [Contracts List Month] )


Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

Please try this measure:

Total Measure =
SUMX ( TableName, [Contracts List Month] )


Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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