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Yoshimitsu411
Resolver I
Resolver I

DAX Month Cummulative using SUMX RANKX

Hello

 

I am trying to work out the cumulative amounts for each month using the following dax queries with Rankx.

 

Month Numbers = 
SWITCH([Total Sales Ranking by Month],
"JAN", 1,
"FEB", 2,
"MAR", 3,
"APR", 4,
"MAY", 5,
"JUN", 6,
"JUL", 7,
"AUG", 8,
"SEP", 9,
"OCT", 10,
"NOV", 11,
"DEC", 12,0)

 

Cumulative Sales by Month Number = 
var monthNos = [Month Numbers]
RETURN
SUMX(
    FILTER(
        SUMMARIZE(
            'Calendar', 'Calendar'[Month],
            "Sales", [Total Sales],
            "Sales Ranking", RANKX(ALL('Calendar'[Month]), [Total Sales], , ASC)
        ),
        [Sales Ranking] >= monthNos
    ),
    [Sales]
)

 

But I end up with the same values in both the Total Sales and Cumulative columns. What am I doing wrong? 

 

TotalYTD Incorrect4.PNG

 

Thanks

Yoshi

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YukiK
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

If you're looking to do cumulative sum based on column that is not date, you may find this helpful: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Cumulative-SUM-using-Rank-NOT-Dates/m-p/170623

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Yoshimitsu411 , As you have date and you want a yearly total then you can use datesytd

 

example

 

YTD Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESYTD('Date'[Date],"12/31"))

 

For Cumulative with help from date table 

 

 

Cumm Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),filter(allselected(date),date[date] <=max(date[Date])))

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