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Anonymous
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Column chart: cluster/sum dates to quarters and years

Hi all,

This is my first post to this forum after having read hunderds of threads 🙂

I have got data on (expected) revenue by the date construction is expected start (dd-mm-yyyy):

Estimated start time constructionRevenue
01-01-2019100.000
10-03-2019250.000
15-06-2019500.000
01-07-2019200.000
01-08-2019100.000
10-11-2019350.000
01-12-2019350.000

 

I also have a calculated date table:

 

 

Date = 
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR (DATE(year(now())-10,1,1), TODAY()),
"DateAsInteger", FORMAT ( [Date], "DD-MM-YY" ),
"Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
"Monthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "MM" ),
"YearMonthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/MM" ),
"YearMonthShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/mmm" ),
"MonthNameShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),
"MonthNameLong", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
"DayOfWeekNumber", WEEKDAY ( [Date] ),
"DayOfWeek", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
"DayOfWeekShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "ddd" ),
"Quarter", "Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
"YearQuarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & "/Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
"MonthNameLong Year", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm YYYY" ))

 

 

 

Both of these table have a relationship in my model via the columns 'Estimated start time construction' and 'Date':

LisanSpiegelaar_0-1628070879571.png

 

In my report, I want to show a column chart with the total revenue by year based on the estimated start time construction, with the ability to drill down to quarters.

 

So I want my column chart to show these values:

2019 1.850.000 
 2019Q1 350.000
 2019Q2 500.000
 2019Q3 300.000
 2019Q4 700.000

 

If I create a column chart in my report using Estimated start time construction as my x-axis, and Revenue as my values, Power BI gives me this:

LisanSpiegelaar_1-1628071201798.png

 

Using 'Year' from my Date table doesn't solve it:

LisanSpiegelaar_2-1628071293658.png

 

I have looked into creating a measure where I sum the revenue within a certain time range, however I do not think that this is a feasible solution as data keeps being added to my data set. So I would continuously have to add measures for the new time periods. 

I am not sure which steps to take and hope that someone can help me along. Thanks in advance and please let me know if more clarification is necessary!

Kind regards,

Lisan

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , based on what I got so far. You should create a date without time first of all

 

Date = [datetime].date
or
Date = date(year([datetime]),month([datetime]),day([datetime]))

 

or

DD/MM/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY
date(year( right(DD__MM__YY[date],4)), month(mid(DD__MM__YY[date],4,2)) ,day(left(DD__MM__YY[date],2)))

 

Join the date without time with date table and use

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Anonymous
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Hi @amitchandak 
Thank you for your reply. I changed the column to date format dd/mm/yyyy but unfortunately this made no difference to the graph in my report. Any further ideas on how to proceed? 
Thanks!

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