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Jason2500
Helper I
Helper I

Calculating cumulative head count?

Hi

 

I am having headcount data, which has a target date. The target date is the hire date of the employees

 

The target date looks like below

 

Target Date
 
01/01/2020
02/01/2021
01/01/2021
01/01/2020
-
02/01/2020
01/01/2020
01/03/2020
01/04/2021

 

I wanted to calculate cumulative headcount and wanted to visualize over the month 

 

I used below Dax measure

 

My data stored in a Headcount table

 

HC = COUNTROWS(Headcount)
TotalHC = CALCULATE( [HC], FILTER(ALL(Headcount[Hire Date]), Headcount[Hire Date] <= MAX(Headcount[Hire Date])))
Cumulative HC = CALCULATE([TotalHC], Headcount[Hire Date] > DATEVALUE("1/1/2020"), VALUES(Headcount[Hire Date]))
 
Above Dax, measures are not working
 
Kindly advise
 
 
 
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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi, @Jason2500 

I am not quite sure how the outcome looks like.

I tried to create a sample pbix file by myself, and please check whether it is what you are looking for.

All measures are in the sample pbix file. (Link down below).

Or, please draw visualizations of your desired outcome. It will be much more helpful for me to come closer.

 

Picture4.png

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pe4cxx6u1uis7a4/jason.pbix?dl=0 

 

 

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

Ensure you have a Calendar Table with calculated column formulas for Year and Month Name and Month Number.  Sort the Month name by the month number.  Build a relationship from the Hire Date column to the Date column of the Calendar Table.  Build 2 slicers for Year and Month from the Calendar Table.  Select any one Year and Month.  Write these measures:

HC = COUNTROWS(Headcount)

Cumulative HC = CALCULATE([TotalHC],datesytd(Calendar[Date],"31/12"))

Hope this helps.


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Ashish Mathur
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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi, @Jason2500 

I am not quite sure how the outcome looks like.

I tried to create a sample pbix file by myself, and please check whether it is what you are looking for.

All measures are in the sample pbix file. (Link down below).

Or, please draw visualizations of your desired outcome. It will be much more helpful for me to come closer.

 

Picture4.png

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pe4cxx6u1uis7a4/jason.pbix?dl=0 

 

 

Hi, My name is Jihwan Kim.

If this post helps, then please consider accept it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jihwankim1975/


 

    Microsoft MVP
 

 

   


      If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


   


     
        LinkedInVisit my LinkedIn page
     

   


   


     
        Outlook BookingSchedule a short Teams meeting to discuss your question

     

   


 


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