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ROG
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Calculated column in DirectQuery source not working.

Hi guys,

Can you please help me out in creating some calculated columns using the only date column I have from data source?

It's DirectQuery and I need toextract year, month, and week. 

I tried thebelow, but it's not possible.

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Thank you

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v-xiaotang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @ROG 

Thanks for reaching out to us.

You can try this,

vxiaotang_1-1659433055524.png

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create the measure

Measure = CALCULATE(COUNT(subscriber[subscriber]),FILTER(subscriber,YEAR(subscriber[date])= MIN('calendar'[year]) && MONTH(subscriber[date])=MIN([month])))

vxiaotang_3-1659433123693.png

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Tang

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v-xiaotang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @ROG 

Thanks for reaching out to us.

You can try this,

vxiaotang_1-1659433055524.png

vxiaotang_0-1659432986536.png

create the measure

Measure = CALCULATE(COUNT(subscriber[subscriber]),FILTER(subscriber,YEAR(subscriber[date])= MIN('calendar'[year]) && MONTH(subscriber[date])=MIN([month])))

vxiaotang_3-1659433123693.png

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Tang

If this post helps, please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@ROG , Try functions like day, month, year etc. As Power bi limits what you can do in direct query, I advise to bring them from the database

 

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ROG
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Thanks @amitchandak 

I have the Calendar table from database, but I can't get the Number of subscribers by month/year using the columns from the calendar table. 
As you can see below, they're not connected directly. What should I do? 😕

 

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