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willb006
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1 year ago
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DATEADD using EARLIER function

Hello,

I am trying to get a solve for adding a date in this list using the previous date plus the days listed in the day column.  I tried the earlier function but it didn't work.  Can someone explain how I can do this as a measure?

 

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi,willb006 ,thank you for your reply.
    According to your latest information, you need to realize the effect of grouping calculation based on TicketID on the original basis, then you just need to change all the places in the code where ALL('Table') is used to ALLEXCEPT('Table'['ticket_number']), and let the original scope of the filter table which removes all the external filters be changed to just affected by the grouping of ['ticket_number'].
    to achieve the effect of grouping (each ticket_number is counted internally).
    like this:

    result_column02 = 
    VAR _date = [comment_sort]
    VAR _numnotbalnk =
        CALCULATE (
            MAX ( 'Table'[comment_sort] ),
            FILTER (
                ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[ticket_number] ),
                'Table'[comment_sort] < _date
                    && NOT ( ISBLANK ( [wall_commentcreatedon] ) )
            )
        )
    VAR diffday =
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'Table'[Days] ),
            FILTER (
                ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[ticket_number] ),
                'Table'[comment_sort] > _numnotbalnk
                    && 'Table'[comment_sort] <= _date
            )
        )
    VAR lastdate1 =
        CALCULATE (
            MAX ( 'Table'[wall_commentcreatedon] ),
            FILTER (
                ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[ticket_number] ),
                'Table'[comment_sort] = _numnotbalnk
            )
        )
    RETURN
        IF (
            ISBLANK ( 'Table'[wall_commentcreatedon] ),
            lastdate1 + diffday,
            'Table'[wall_commentcreatedon]
        )

    Note that your data is quite specific and implements not really iterative logic (it looks like iteration, but it is not).
    And fortunately, the source you gave has a comment_sort column to achieve an iteration-like effect (actually a conditional judgment based on sortnum, where each row is recalculated from the first row). If you don't provide a column for comment_sort, everything will get very tricky. (DAX itself doesn't support implementing iteration (it calculates uniformly based on a whole column, not on each cell, and there is no looping logic), and if the implementation wants true iteration logic, it's usually handled locally in the datasource or through Power Query using looping functions.
    I hope my explanation can answer your questions.

    I hope my suggestions give you good ideas, if you have any more questions, please clarify in a follow-up reply.
    Best Regards,
    Carson Jian,
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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  • Kaviraj11's avatar
    Kaviraj11
    Solution Sage

    Hi, Can you provide an example with an expected output? 

    • willb006's avatar
      willb006
      Regular Visitor

      Sure.  Here is an excel document with the expected output in the last column

       

      ticket_numberwall_commentwall_commentcreatedoncomment_sortDaysExpected Output
      6212482PENDING (CUST) PA REQUEST SUBMISSION - Assigned.

      Assigned Role - Licensee.
      6/8/2024 0:001106/8/2024
      6212482PENDING SURVEY - Assigned.

      Assigned Role - Owner.
      6/17/2024 0:002406/17/2024
      6212482PENDING (CUST) REVIEW - Assigned.

      Assigned Role - Licensee.
      9/4/2024 0:003109/4/2024
      6212482PENDING (DOM) REVIEW - Assigned.
      Assigned Role - Owner.
       4109/14/2024
      6212482PENDING (DOM) DESIGN - Assigned.

      Assigned Role - Owner.
      9/6/2024 0:005109/6/2024
      6212482PENDING (CUST) PAYMENT - Assigned.
      Assigned Role - Owner.
       6109/16/2024
      6212482PENDING Make-Ready - Assigned.
      Assigned Role - Owner.
       71351/29/2025
      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable

        Hello,Kaviraj11 ,thanks for your concern about this issue.
        And I would like to share some additional solutions below.
        Hi,willb006  .I am glad to help you.

        I have written the following code, and the end result is the same as your expected columns.

        The Dax code(calculate column):

        result_column02 = 
        VAR _date = [comment_sort]
        VAR _numnotbalnk =
            CALCULATE (
                MAX ( 'Table'[comment_sort] ),
                FILTER (
                    ALL ( 'Table' ),
                    'Table'[comment_sort] < _date
                        && NOT ( ISBLANK ( [wall_commentcreatedon] ) )
                )
            )
        VAR diffday =
            CALCULATE (
                SUM ( 'Table'[Days] ),
                FILTER (
                    ALL ( 'Table' ),
                    'Table'[comment_sort] > _numnotbalnk
                        && 'Table'[comment_sort] <= _date
                )
            )
        VAR lastdate1 =
            CALCULATE (
                MAX ( 'Table'[wall_commentcreatedon] ),
                FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), 'Table'[comment_sort] = _numnotbalnk )
            )
        RETURN
            IF (
                ISBLANK ( 'Table'[wall_commentcreatedon] ),
                lastdate1 + diffday,
                'Table'[wall_commentcreatedon]
            )

        here is my test data:

        Note that the effect of iterative looping is not possible with DAX functions in power BI Desktop (if you want to achieve this, it is generally recommended that you solve it at the data source or use a looping function through Power Query)
        This is actually one of the flaws in Power BI DAX (because Power BI DAX code performs the same operation based on a whole column. Whereas excel can do this easily because it can use each cell as a unit of calculation)
        Fortunately, your requirement implementation is not really iterative, so it can be achieved with dax code similar to iteration
        I hope my test will help you.

        I hope my suggestions give you good ideas, if you have any more questions, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

        Best Regards,

        Carson Jian,

        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.