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mccollough
Helper I
Helper I

Calculate new clients over time

Let's say you want to trend the number of distinct client ID's over time from a table of invoices.

I have an invoice table that looks like this

DateClient IDSale Amount
1/1/2021   100$100
1/1/2021   223$100
1/2/2021   100$50
1/3/2021   270$100
1/3/2021   100$100
1/4/2021   223$50
1/5/2021   270$100
1/6/2021   400$100
1/6/2021   550$50
1/6/2021   660$100
1/6/2021  700$100
1/7/2021  100$50

 

And I want to produce something that looks like this 

DateClient Count
1/1/2021   2
1/2/2021   2
1/3/2021   3
1/4/2021   3
1/5/2021   3 
1/6/2021   7
1/7/2021   7

 

I've already successfully created a table of distinct dates and I've tried to aggregate Client IDs with SUMMARIZECOLUMNS but I've only been able to show the number of distinct IDs that occur on each date. 

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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

This looks like a standard cumulative total pattern.

Client Count = 
VAR CurrDate = MAX ( dimDate[Date] )
RETURN
    CALCULATE ( DISTINCTCOUNT ( Table1[Client ID] ), dimDate[Date] <= CurrDate )

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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

This looks like a standard cumulative total pattern.

Client Count = 
VAR CurrDate = MAX ( dimDate[Date] )
RETURN
    CALCULATE ( DISTINCTCOUNT ( Table1[Client ID] ), dimDate[Date] <= CurrDate )

You're a wizard Harry

 

Thank you so much for the help!!!

smpa01
Super User
Super User

@mccollough   you can use a measure like this

Measure = 
VAR _date =
    MAX ( 'Table'[Date] )
RETURN
    COUNTROWS (
        EXCEPT (
            VALUES ( 'Table'[Client ID] ),
            SUMMARIZE (
                FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), 'Table'[Date] < _date ),
                'Table'[Client ID]
            )
        )
    )

 

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