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Hoping someone can help.
I am trying to calculate time between actions taken.
For example my table below I have a simple dax expression to calculate the time-taken within the action (Start -End time)
But I'd like to calc time between moving to the next action.
For example user 169 first action for the day ends at 8:19 and the next action starts at 8:27 a time diff of 19 minutes.
I'd like to do this for every user within a day.
I d like to do this so I can average that time over a day.
Solved! Go to Solution.
@Si_7777 See my article on Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) which uses EARLIER: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Mean-Time-Between-Failure-MTBF-and-Power-BI/ba-p/3395....
The basic pattern is:
Column =
VAR __Current = [Value]
VAR __PreviousDate = MAXX(FILTER('Table','Table'[Date] < EARLIER('Table'[Date])),[Date])
VAR __Previous = MAXX(FILTER('Table',[Date]=__PreviousDate),[Value])
RETURN
( __Current - __Previous ) * 1.
Hi @Si_7777 ,
Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Forum Community, and special thanks to @Greg_Deckler for prompt and helpful response.
If the issue still persists, we kindly request you to share the sample data in a workable format such as text, an Excel file, or a PBIX file with sample data instead of screenshots. Additionally, please include the expected output. This will enable us to assist you more effectively.
Regards,
Prasanna Kumar
@Si_7777 See my article on Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) which uses EARLIER: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Mean-Time-Between-Failure-MTBF-and-Power-BI/ba-p/3395....
The basic pattern is:
Column =
VAR __Current = [Value]
VAR __PreviousDate = MAXX(FILTER('Table','Table'[Date] < EARLIER('Table'[Date])),[Date])
VAR __Previous = MAXX(FILTER('Table',[Date]=__PreviousDate),[Value])
RETURN
( __Current - __Previous ) * 1.
Thanks for reply cant open that link oddly says Access Denied.
I tried the dax, I need to to work for each user id, the previous date var is bring the previous record but not for that user. thanks though.
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