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Dicken
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

Count previous months

If i have  a  pivot or table  with Year / Month  ; 
I want to count the previous number of months  present so not just the month number  
as some do not have any data so are not present 

so if i had 
Jan sales 1

March sales 2 
May sales 3    

so the best i have so far is ; 

Count Previous Months:=VAR Myear =
    IF( HASONEVALUE( 'Calendar'[Year]),VALUES( 'Calendar'[Year]))
VAR Mmonth = 
    IF (HASONEVALUE( 'Calendar'[Month Number]), VALUES('Calendar'[Month Number]))
RETURN
CALCULATE (
    DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'Calendar'[Month Number]),   
      FILTER(ALL('Calendar'), 'Calendar'[Month Number]<= Mmonth && 'Calendar'[Year] = Myear))

so this counts the months regardless of whether there are 'sales' present 

Richard

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krishnakanth240
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

Hi @Dicken 

 

Can you please try this measure

Count Previous Months=
CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT('Calendar'[Month Number]),FILTER(ALL('Calendar'),
'Calendar'[Date]<=MAX('Calendar'[Date])),
KEEPFILTERS('Sales'))

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FreemanZ
Community Champion
Community Champion

hi @Dicken ,

 

try like:

Count Previous Months:=

VAR Myear =

    IF( 

     HASONEVALUE( 'Calendar'[Year]),

     VALUES( 'Calendar'[Year])

)

VAR Mmonth = 

    IF (HASONEVALUE( 'Calendar'[Month Number]), VALUES('Calendar'[Month Number]))

RETURN

CALCULATE (

    COUNTROWS ( 'sales'),   

      FILTER(ALL('Calendar'), 'Calendar'[Month Number]<= Mmonth && 'Calendar'[Year] = Myear))

View solution in original post

Thank you all, I'll work through all of them.

View solution in original post

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FreemanZ
Community Champion
Community Champion

hi @Dicken ,

 

try like:

Count Previous Months:=

VAR Myear =

    IF( 

     HASONEVALUE( 'Calendar'[Year]),

     VALUES( 'Calendar'[Year])

)

VAR Mmonth = 

    IF (HASONEVALUE( 'Calendar'[Month Number]), VALUES('Calendar'[Month Number]))

RETURN

CALCULATE (

    COUNTROWS ( 'sales'),   

      FILTER(ALL('Calendar'), 'Calendar'[Month Number]<= Mmonth && 'Calendar'[Year] = Myear))

mizan2390
Resolver II
Resolver II

It may work.
Count Previous Months :=
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT( 'Calendar'[Month Number] ),
FILTER(
ALL( 'Calendar' ),
'Calendar'[Date] <= MAX( 'Calendar'[Date] )
),
KEEPFILTERS( 'Sales' )
)

krishnakanth240
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

Hi @Dicken 

 

Can you please try this measure

Count Previous Months=
CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT('Calendar'[Month Number]),FILTER(ALL('Calendar'),
'Calendar'[Date]<=MAX('Calendar'[Date])),
KEEPFILTERS('Sales'))

Thank you all, I'll work through all of them.

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