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danielgatley
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8 years ago
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Complex Filtering with Dates

Hi All,   I'm attempting to create a point in time headcount report based on our HR data but i'm having trouble correctly filtering the data.  We have a table which is called EmployementRecord (Obv...
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    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    You need a date table. Use the date field in this table as a filter in your report and then use this measure:

     

     

    Measure =
VAR selectedDate = SELECTEDVALUE(Date[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS(EmployementRecord),
    FILTER(EmployementRecord,
        EmployementRecord[StartDate] <= selectedDate
            && (EmployementRecord[EndDate] >= selectedDate || ISBLANK(EmployementRecord[EndDate]))
    )
)
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Anonymous
Not applicable
8 years ago

You need a date table. Use the date field in this table as a filter in your report and then use this measure:

 

 

Measure =
VAR selectedDate = SELECTEDVALUE(Date[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS(EmployementRecord),
    FILTER(EmployementRecord,
        EmployementRecord[StartDate] <= selectedDate
            && (EmployementRecord[EndDate] >= selectedDate || ISBLANK(EmployementRecord[EndDate]))
    )
)
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BI_HCV
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago

I know there is a long time ago, but I'm wondering if you have the pbix file to share?

I tried to set my data as you wrote but doesn't works.