Counting multiple date columns

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I'm using PowerBI Desktop and trying to generate an Clustered Column Chart from a CSV file that I receive from an external company.

The CSV looks like:

ID	DateAdd	LastModified	CurrentStatus
1	8/25/2019	8/26/2019	Closed
2	8/27/2019	9/1/2019	Closed
3	9/1/2019	9/7/2019	Closed
4	9/5/2019	9/6/2019	InProgress
5	9/5/2019	9/9/2019	InProgress
6	9/15/2019	9/15/2019	New

My goal is to have a Slicer and when I select dates 9/1/2019 and 9/10/2019, it will have on the first column the count of DateAdd (3 in this example) and on the second column the count of LastModified and Status = "Closed" (2 in this example).

I can do it separated but having trouble when trying to get it together.

Can someone help me?

Thanks in advice.

[v-eachen-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

At first, you need to create a calendar table as a slicer.

Calendar =
CALENDAR ( MIN ( 'Table'[DateAdd] ), MAX ( 'Table'[LastModified] ) )

Then create two new measures to get counts.

Count1 =
VAR minselect =
    CALCULATE ( MIN ( 'Calendar'[Date] ), ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) )
VAR maxselect =
    CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Calendar'[Date] ), ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) )
RETURN
    COUNTROWS (
        FILTER (
            'Table',
            'Table'[DateAdd] >= minselect
                && 'Table'[DateAdd] <= maxselect
        )
    )

Count2 =
VAR minselect =
    CALCULATE ( MIN ( 'Calendar'[Date] ), ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) )
VAR maxselect =
    CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Calendar'[Date] ), ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) )
RETURN
    COUNTROWS (
        FILTER (
            'Table',
            'Table'[LastModified] >= minselect
                && 'Table'[LastModified] <= maxselect
                && 'Table'[CurrentStatus] = "Closed"
        )
    )

Here is the result.

I uploaded my test file as a attachment, you can download and refer to it.

[Anonymous]

Hello @v-eachen-msft,

Thank you so much for your prompt reply. Your suggestion worked like a charm.

I'm trying to create a Clustered Column chart, grouping by Month/Year, but all I got is a sum on all months.

Is there anything I should to get the chart?

Thanks!

[v-eachen-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

You can use ALLEXCEPT() funtion to group by date.

[Anonymous]

Hello @v-eachen-msft ,

Thanks for your help. This is what I've done and it is working for me:

• Created a Calendar Table having minimum as the first entry from DateAdd and maximum as today:

Calendar = CALENDAR ( MIN ( Table[DateAdd]), TODAY() )

• Created a New Group from Date column on Calendar Table, grouping by 1 month - Date (bins).
• Created 2 Groups from DateAdd and LastModified, grouping by 1 month - DateAdd (bins) and LastModified (bins).
• On my Table, set fields DateAdd (bins) and LastModified (bins) to format MMMM yyyy.
• On Calendar Table, set both fields to format MMMM yyyy.
• Created 2 Relationships:

From: Table (DateAdded (bins))
To: Calendar (Date)
Cardinality: Many to one (*:1)
Cross filter direction: Single
Active: yes

From: Table (LastModified (bins))
To: Calendar (Date)
Cardinality: Many to one (*:1)
Cross filter direction: Single
Active: no

• Created two Measures as follows:

CountCreated = 
VAR minselect1 =
    CALCULATE ( MIN ( Calendar[Date (bins)] ), ALLSELECTED ( Calendar[Date (bins)] ) )
VAR maxselect1 =
    CALCULATE ( MAX ( Calendar[Date (bins)] ), ALLSELECTED ( Calendar[Date (bins)] ) )
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS (
        FILTER (
            Table,
            Table[DateAdd (bins)] >= minselect1
                && Table[DateAdd (bins)] <= maxselect1
        )
    ),
    USERELATIONSHIP('Calendar'[Date], Table[DateAdd (bins)]))

CountClosed = 
VAR minselect =
    CALCULATE ( MIN ( 'Calendar'[Date (bins)] ), ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar'[Date (bins)] ) )
VAR maxselect =
    CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Calendar'[Date (bins)] ), ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar'[Date (bins)] ) )
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS (
        FILTER (
            Table,
            Table[LastModified (bins)] >= minselect
                && Table[LastModified (bins)] <= maxselect
                && Changes[CurrentStatus] = "Closed"
        )
    ),
    USERELATIONSHIP('Calendar'[Date], Table[LastModified (bins)]))

To have the Clustered Column Chart, I added Date (bins) from Calendar Table on Axis and CountCreated and CountClosed on Value.