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rrr3521
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Calculations based on two date fields

Ok. Here's my problem. I have a table with two date fields (DateOrdered and DateInvoiced)

The DateInvoiced value typically a few weeks after the DateOrdered value (see sample below)

I'm trying to do some calculations based on both date fields. A simple example would be the SUM of sales (Price column) for last year. Using the example below, I would get $160 using DateOrdered and $40 using DateInvoiced

 

Ideally, we would like our user to pick that from a date slicer (as in the picture) and pick "Last 1 Year" for example. Then the result would be on a simple table with both sum of sales based on DateOrdered and also based on DateInvoiced (see picture)

 

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The immediate problem is that the slicer can only be linked to one of the dates on my table. 

 

I have only been able to use a LIMITED number of options (YTD, MTD, etc) using the approach described in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0UV7bGvu_U

 

Notice in the video how the timeframes are defined in a table called SelectMeasures. So we would need to add in that table a limited number of options (YTD, MTD, QTD, etc). Whereas by a having a single date slicer we can pick pretty much any possible timeframe (i.e. last 7 weeks, last 3 days, last 8 months, this month, next day, etc, etc, etc)

 

Any possible way this can be accomplished? I already told my manager this might not be possible, but maybe there is a clever way to do it. Any help would be truly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

 

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Greg_Deckler
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Check out my Quick Measures here which might help you with your situation:

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Open-Tickets/m-p/409364

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Time-Intelligence-quot-The-Hard-Way-quot-TIT...



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