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sgannon1
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10 years ago
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Convert currency

I need to convert the 'amount' column in the below table to EUR (currency is GBP at the moment), and then to merge the table with another that is already in EURO.  So far I have not been able to do ...
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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    10 years ago

    This will work if you get rid of all of your non-GBP exchange rates. Do you need those? If you do, sure some more DAX magic can get you there.

     

    Column = LOOKUPVALUE(ExchangeRates[ExchangeRate],ExchangeRates[CurrencyCode],"GBP",ExchangeRates[StartTime],MAX(ExchangeRates[StartTime]))

    Oh wait, here is the additional DAX magic that will let you keep your other currency codes.

     

    Column = LOOKUPVALUE(ExchangeRates[ExchangeRate],ExchangeRates[CurrencyCode],"GBP",ExchangeRates[StartTime],CALCULATE(MAX(ExchangeRates[StartTime]),ExchangeRates[CurrencyCode]="GBP"))
Greg_Deckler's avatar
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
10 years ago

This will work if you get rid of all of your non-GBP exchange rates. Do you need those? If you do, sure some more DAX magic can get you there.

 

Column = LOOKUPVALUE(ExchangeRates[ExchangeRate],ExchangeRates[CurrencyCode],"GBP",ExchangeRates[StartTime],MAX(ExchangeRates[StartTime]))

Oh wait, here is the additional DAX magic that will let you keep your other currency codes.

 

Column = LOOKUPVALUE(ExchangeRates[ExchangeRate],ExchangeRates[CurrencyCode],"GBP",ExchangeRates[StartTime],CALCULATE(MAX(ExchangeRates[StartTime]),ExchangeRates[CurrencyCode]="GBP"))
  • calerof's avatar
    calerof
    Impactful Individual
    7 years ago

    Hi Greg_Deckler, v-haibl-msft,

     

    I'm struggling with a solution that converts each invoce to another currency based on the invoice date. I just can not find a solution here in the Community for that approach.

     

    Could you please advise?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Fernando

    • Greg_Deckler's avatar
      Greg_Deckler
      Community Champion
      7 years ago

      calerof - Can you provide example/sample source data and expected output?

      • calerof's avatar
        calerof
        Impactful Individual
        7 years ago

        Hello Greg_Deckler,

         

        Sorry for not answering before, my client started requesting things afar from the agreement. 

         

        The data are as follows:

         

        Fact Table with sales by invoice line:

        https://www.dropbox.com/s/hz5nc6kqda4wbv9/Daily%20Revenue%20by%20invoice%20item%20Original.xlsx?dl=0

         

        Exchange rate table:

         

        DateUSD
        01-ene-1919.6512
        02-ene-1919.6512
        03-ene-1919.5878
        04-ene-1919.6073
        05-ene-1919.6073
        06-ene-1919.6073
        07-ene-1919.4902
        08-ene-1919.3479
        09-ene-1919.3479
        10-ene-1919.2456
        11-ene-1919.1236
        12-ene-1919.1236
        13-ene-1919.1236
        14-ene-1919.1236
        15-ene-1919.0064

         

        In excel I would do it just easily with =vlookup convert all sales in MXP to USD based on the invoice date and bring the sales already in USD to the same column to have a total in USD, e.g.

        https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvwex5u8o0l7mo9/Daily%20Revenue%20by%20invoice%20item.xlsx?dl=0

         

        In this way the last column would show Sales in USD converted at the invoice date, not at month end.

         

        When I use LOOUPVALUE my problem is when assigning the current date in SEARCH VALUE doesn't recognize the row context and get the error: "A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected".

         

        LOOKUPVALUE (
            EXCHANGERATES[RATE],
            EXCHANGERATES[DATE], DATE ( 2019, 1, 12 ),
            EXCHANGERATES[CURRENCY], "MXP"
        )
         
        Could you please advice?
         
        Thanks a lot,
         
        Fernando
         
    • calerof's avatar
      calerof
      Impactful Individual
      7 years ago

      Finally with the help of EnterpriseDNA's video I could have the sales data converted from MXP to USD with the following code:

      Sales in USD = SUMX( NetSales, 
                                   DIVIDE(
                                              NetSales[LineTotal],
                                              LOOKUPVALUE( ORTT[Rate], 
                                                ORTT[RateDate], VentasNetas[OINV.DocDate],
                                                ORTT[Currency], "USD" )
                                   )
                           )

      where:

      NetSales in the sales fact table,

      ORTT includes the MXP/USD exchange rate by date.

       

      I post this if it could be of any help.

       

      Regards,

       

      Fernando

       

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    I've a similar problem, in my case with nominal to constant currency....
    anyway, in the proposed solution there are using the latest available exchange rate (MAX(StartTime))... i'm using it and it works fine, but can I make an slicer or use another pickable menu to change the date of the exchange rate used? What if I wish to know the price in GBP of March 1 2017?

    Thanks