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VMoza
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4 years ago
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Change Column Reference

Hi,

 

Fairly new to Power BI and would like to understand how I can possibly change the reference column to SUM if the month has not ended.

FX I have two tables, one with Actuals and one with Forecast and several DIM tables for Dates and Products or Accounts.

Would like to SUM Actuals for every month that has passed and from current month and forward to SUM the Forecast numbers.

 

What would the formula look like?

 

Thank you!

 

DatesActuals DatesForecast DatesOutput
Jan4 Jan5 Jan4
Feb5 Feb4 Feb5
March4 March5 March5
April  April5 April5
May  May5 May5
June  June4 June4
  • Hi VMoza ,

     

    Please try the following formula:

     

    Measure = 
    IF (
        FORMAT ( MAX ( Dim_Dates[Date] ), "yyyymm" ) >= FORMAT ( TODAY (), "yyyymm" ),
        SUM ( Forecast[Forecast] ),
        SUM ( Actuals[Actuals] )
    )

     

    If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.
    Best Regards,
    Winniz
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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  • v-kkf-msft's avatar
    v-kkf-msft
    Community Support

    Hi VMoza ,

     

    Please try the following formula:

     

    Measure = 
    IF (
        FORMAT ( MAX ( Dim_Dates[Date] ), "yyyymm" ) >= FORMAT ( TODAY (), "yyyymm" ),
        SUM ( Forecast[Forecast] ),
        SUM ( Actuals[Actuals] )
    )

     

    If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.
    Best Regards,
    Winniz
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • VMoza's avatar
      VMoza
      Frequent Visitor

      Thank you! This worked! 😄 

  • VMoza , You need to have common date column and measures like Actual and Forecast

    new measure

    if(isblank([Actual]) , [Forecast], [Actual])

    • VMoza's avatar
      VMoza
      Frequent Visitor

      Hi amitchandak 

       

      Thank you for the quick reply, not sure if the ISBLANK would work, as there is new data for every day in March, therefore the actuals for the month would not be Blank, or am I getting this wrong?