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ezequiel
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Create week number

Hi,

 

I have a data series starting on the week of 7/29/2019. I need a formula that flag with 1 to the first week (7/29/2019), 2 to the second week (8/5/2019) and so on.

 

How can I tell DAX to start on the week of 7/29/2019 and incrementally add 1 to the following weeks?

 

Thanks!

 

Ezequiel

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jdbuchanan71
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Hello @ezequiel 

Give this a try.

Column = DATEDIFF ( DATE ( 2019 , 7 , 28 ), 'YourTable'[Date] , WEEK ) +1

The +1 is on the end so the first 7 days don't come back as 0

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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

Hello @ezequiel 

Give this a try.

Column = DATEDIFF ( DATE ( 2019 , 7 , 28 ), 'YourTable'[Date] , WEEK ) +1

The +1 is on the end so the first 7 days don't come back as 0

Hi @jdbuchanan71 . Thanks for your reply.

I tried with 

 

WeekNum = DATEDIFF (DATE(2019,7,28),Tracker[Start of Week],WEEK) +1

 

I forgot to mention that the table contains this structure:

 

Subject       Hours       Start of Week

A                    2             7/29/2019

B                    3             7/29/2019

A                    2             7/29/2019

B                    3             8/5/2019

A                    3             8/5/2019

 

The intention is getting something like:

 

Subject       Hours       Start of Week   Weeknum

A                    2             7/29/2019              1

B                    3             7/29/2019               1

A                    2             7/29/2019               1

B                    3             8/5/2019                 2

A                    3             8/5/2019                 2

 

The suggestion you sent me is giving me an error indicating that "A single value for the column 'Start of Week' in table 'Tracker' cannot be determined"

 

Thanks

 

Ezequiel

You would have to add this as a calculated column in your table, not a measure.

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