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qs1365
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Creating Open Tickets / Backlog Evolution Measure & Graph Visual

Hello everyone, I am trying to replicate a Service Now monthly average incident backlog in Power BI, however the measure i have created to count the number of open tickets doesn't return the right amount of tickets. 

 

I have a Date table and an Incidents table with deactivated relationships between Date[Date] and Incidents[opened_at], Incidents[resolved_at].

The Date format is the same in all 3 columns, I have removed the timestamps.

 

In Service Now the measure created in Analytics is the distinct count of open tickets with a not canceled state :

Opened on Today .or. Opened < 2025-02-12 00:00:00 .and. Resolved is empty .or. Resolved > 2025-02-12 23:59:59 .and. State != Canceled

 

The measure i have created is below, when i try to show the value in a monthly graph the values shown are wrong, and i do not understand what the problem is. Does anyone have any idea on how to solve this?

 

Open Incidents (DistinctCount) =
VAR SelectedDate =
    MAX('Date'[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    DISTINCTCOUNT(Incidents[number]),
 
    Incidents[opened_at] <= SelectedDate,
 
    Incidents[resolved_at] > SelectedDate
        || ISBLANK(Incidents[resolved_at]),
 
    Incidents[state] <> "Canceled",
 
    USERELATIONSHIP('Date'[Date], Incidents[opened_at])
)
 
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wardy912
Super User
Super User

Hi @qs1365 

This is the measure that I use for your exact request, ticket backlog in ServiceNow

Incident Backlog = 
VAR CurrentDate = MAX('Date'[Date])
VAR ActiveTickets =
CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT(Incidents[Number]),
ALL('Date'),
'Date'[Date]<=CurrentDate,
ISBLANK(Incidents[Resolved Date])
||Incidents[Resolved Date]>=CurrentDate)
Return
ActiveTickets

 

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Kedar_Pande
Super User
Super User

@qs1365 

Measure

Open Incidents (DistinctCount) = 
VAR SelectedDate = MAX('Date'[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(Incidents[number]),
Incidents[opened_at] <= SelectedDate,
OR(
ISBLANK(Incidents[resolved_at]),
Incidents[resolved_at] > SelectedDate
),
Incidents[state] <> "Canceled",
ALL('Date')
)

ALL('Date') prevents slicer from filtering opened_at/resolution dates. Counts tickets open as of SelectedDate.

cengizhanarslan
Super User
Super User

Please try the measure below:

Open Incidents =
VAR _SelectedDate =
    MAX ( 'Date'[Date] )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( Incidents[number] ),
        REMOVEFILTERS ( Incidents ),
        Incidents[opened_at] <= _SelectedDate,
        Incidents[resolved_at] > _SelectedDate
            || ISBLANK ( Incidents[resolved_at] ),
        Incidents[state] <> "Canceled"
    )
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InsightsByV
Responsive Resident
Responsive Resident

Hi,

Can you try this?

Open Incidents =
VAR SelectedDate = MAX('Date'[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(Incidents[number]),
FILTER(
ALL(Incidents),
Incidents[opened_at] <= SelectedDate
&&
(
ISBLANK(Incidents[resolved_at]) ||
Incidents[resolved_at] > SelectedDate
)
&&
Incidents[state] <> "Canceled"
)
)

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