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Anonymous
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DAX Return the number of days in previous month

Hi, 

 

I have been trying to tackel this DAX formula for a while now, it seems so simple but I cannot get it to work. 

I'm have a table which list's out months start and end date, within that month there is a budget [Leads] and then a daily budget [Leads Daily Budget]. see below


Budget SheetBudget Sheet

The Multi row card below is what I'm trying to achive. but the budget figure is wrong. 

 

multi row card.PNG

 

I need to be able to calaculate the number of days in the previous month relative to today() then * by [Leads Daily Budget] for that month.  any assistance will be aprricated, 

 

Dobby

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DAX has an EOMONTH command, use that in relation to today and offset it by -1 and -2 to get the end date of the last two months, it should be easy enough to datediff and adjust from there

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Anonymous
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This worked for me. I'll show my DAX below incase anyone gets a similar issues I created 3 measures, 

 

Prv Month = EMONTH( TODAY(),-1)

Prv Month*2  = EMONTH( TODAY(),-2)

Days in Prev Month = DATEDIFF([Prv Month *2],[Prv Month],DAY)

 

This gives me the 31 days which there was in August 

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amitchandak
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last month day mul Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount])*CALCULATE(maxx(Sales,day(EOMONTH(DATEADD(Sales[Sales Date],-1,MONTH),0)))),DATESMTD('Date'[Date Filer])) 
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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Number of Days in last month = is it no of working days in last month or total number of days in lastmonth?

Anonymous
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If I'm honest I was just looking for total days but if working days is a possibility it certainly would be better

DAX has an EOMONTH command, use that in relation to today and offset it by -1 and -2 to get the end date of the last two months, it should be easy enough to datediff and adjust from there

Anonymous
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This worked for me. I'll show my DAX below incase anyone gets a similar issues I created 3 measures, 

 

Prv Month = EMONTH( TODAY(),-1)

Prv Month*2  = EMONTH( TODAY(),-2)

Days in Prev Month = DATEDIFF([Prv Month *2],[Prv Month],DAY)

 

This gives me the 31 days which there was in August 

Anonymous
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Hi,

 

I believe you would have got a date table if not add a table with the below dax

 

Dates =
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDARAUTO(),
"DateAsInteger", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMMDD" ),
"Date ddd dd/mm/yyyy", FORMAT([Date], "ddd dd/mm/yyyy"),
"Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
"Monthnumber", MONTH([Date]),
"YearMonthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/MM" ),
"YearMonthShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/mmm" ),
"MonthNameShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),
"MonthNameLong", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
"DayOfWeekNumber", WEEKDAY ( [Date] ),
"Month", MONTH([DATE]),
"DayOfWeek", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
"DayOfWeekShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "ddd" ),
"Quarter", "Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
"YearQuarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & "/Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
"YearMon", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),
"WeekNo", FORMAT([Date], "ww"),
"DayNo", FORMAT([Date], "d"),
"MonthLongYear", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ) & " " & FORMAT([Date], "YYYY"),
"DayNoMonthShort", FORMAT([Date], "ddd") & " " & FORMAT([Date], "d"),
"DayNoINT", DAY([Date]),
"DDMMYYYY", FORMAT([Date], "DD/MM/YYYY")
)
 
Then add a column to find if the day is a working day or not
Working day = IF(NOT(Dates[DayOfWeekNumber] IN {1,7}), "Y", "N")

Working days in Previous month = 
var WorkingDays = 
CALCULATE (
COUNTROWS ( DISTINCT ( Dates[Date] ) ),
Dates[WorkingDay] = "Y"
)
Return
CALCULATE (
WorkingDays,
FILTER (
Dates,
Dates[Year] = YEAR ( TODAY () )
&& Dates[Monthnumber] = MONTH ( TODAY () ) -1
), Dates[Date] < TODAY()
)


Hopefully this should work.
 
 
Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous , 

 

Thanks for taking the time to look into my issues, funfortuantly this didn't work! It returns a value of 3913... I copied your steps exactly as well (as in I created a new date table) and copied your code. 

Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Just checking do you have a relationship set up between the New date table you have created and your fact table in the Model? 

 

Regards,

 

Prime

Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous , 

 

Come to think of it I don't think I did! I have found the temp solution to this as posted above. I'll probably come back and look at you're method in a few months when refining to get working days instead of total days. thank you very much for the time invested in looking at this. 

 

Regards 

Dobby

v-lili6-msft
Community Support
Community Support

hi, @Anonymous 

Sample data and your expected output would help tremendously. 
Please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

 

and I think you could use Time-intelligence to create a measure to get it.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/time-intelligence-functions-dax

 

Best Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Hi Lin, 

 

Thanks for the reply, I did look at that forum but it wasn't quite right. please see my sample data. 

 

Leads

IdNameRecordTypeIdCompanyPhoneLead SourceStatusOwnerIdIsConvertedConvertedDateCreatedDate
00Q0O00000z627pUAAFist Name, SurnamenullLekSConullNot SelectedQualified0050O000007hnwmQAATRUE02/11/201702/11/2018
00Q0O0000125Pw1UAEFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIINITIO BiotechnullWebsiteQualified0050O000007kKR0QAMTRUE11/09/201807/08/2019
00Q0O0000125u7yUAAFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIHall AnalyticalnullOtherUnqualified0050O000007kKR0QAMFALSEnull12/08/2019
00Q0O0000125w9GUAQFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAICyca Oncosolutions0353 8729 22348WebsiteUnqualified0050O000007kKR0QAMFALSEnull13/08/2019
00Q0O0000125yOhUAIFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIJon WillisnullWebsiteUnqualified0050O000007kKR0QAMFALSEnull13/08/2019
00Q0O0000126CVrUAMFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIIpsennullWord of MouthUnqualified0050O000007kKR0QAMFALSEnull17/08/2019
00Q0O000013ZjgDUASFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIAllergennullProspectingQualified0050O000007kKR0QAMTRUE10/09/201826/06/2019
00Q0O000013Zji9UACFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAISai Life Sciences+919949824242DatabaseUnqualified0050O000007kKR0QAMFALSEnull26/06/2019
00Q0O000013ZjpAUASFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIEVD UK Holdings LimitednullProspectingQualified0050O000007kKR0QAMTRUE26/06/201826/06/2019
00Q0O0000125PxOUAUFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIColliersnullAgentQualified0050O000007kKSZQA2TRUE07/08/201807/08/2019
00Q0O0000125Q2sUAEFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDiQAIJonathan WattnullAgentUnqualified0050O000007kKSZQA2FALSEnull07/08/2019
00Q0O0000125Q3RUAUFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDiQAIChris GellnullBrokerUnqualified0050O000007kKSZQA2FALSEnull07/08/2019
00Q0O0000125Q4PUAUFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDiQAINicki Harvey01213317588BrokerUnqualified0050O000007kKSZQA2FALSEnull07/08/2019
00Q0O0000125QDWUA2Fist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIBrook Financial Management LtdnullBrokerQualified0050O000007kKSZQA2TRUE07/08/201807/08/2019
00Q0O0000125QICUA2Fist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDiQAIIfrah jamesnullWebsiteQualified0050O000007kKSZQA2TRUE07/08/201807/08/2019
00Q0O0000125QiKUAUFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAICube CreativenullWebsiteUnqualified0050O000007kKSZQA2FALSEnull07/08/2019
00Q0O0000125QijUAEFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDgQAIMontagu Evans0207 866 6717AgentUnqualified0050O000007kKSZQA2FALSEnull07/08/2019
00Q0O0000125QzEUAUFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDiQAINUJnullWebsiteQualified0050O000007kKSZQA2TRUE07/08/201807/08/2019
00Q0O0000125R7DUAUFist Name, Surname0120O0000007tDiQAIJacqueline Stokes01512871342BrokerUnqualified0050O000007kKSZQA2FALSEnull07/08/2019

 

Leads Budget

Start DateEnd DateMonthFYDivisionRegionLeadsLeads Daily BudgetLeads **bleep**
01/10/201831/10/201801/10/20182019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.580618
01/11/201830/11/201801/11/20182019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.636
01/12/201831/12/201801/12/20182019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.580654
01/01/201931/01/201901/01/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.580672
01/02/201928/02/201901/02/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.642990
01/03/201931/03/201901/03/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.5806108
01/04/201930/04/201901/04/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.6126
01/05/201931/05/201901/05/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.5806144
01/06/201930/06/201901/06/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.6162
01/07/201931/07/201901/07/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.5806180
01/08/201931/08/201901/08/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.5806198
01/09/201930/09/201901/09/20192019SciTechAlderley Park - SciTech180.6216
01/10/201831/10/201801/10/20182019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.438213.5833
01/11/201830/11/201801/11/20182019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.452827.1666
01/12/201831/12/201801/12/20182019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.438240.7499
01/01/201931/01/201901/01/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.438254.3332
01/02/201928/02/201901/02/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.485167.9165
01/03/201931/03/201901/03/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.438281.4998
01/04/201930/04/201901/04/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.452895.0831
01/05/201931/05/201901/05/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.4382108.6664
01/06/201930/06/201901/06/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.4528122.2497
01/07/201931/07/201901/07/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.4382135.833
01/08/201931/08/201901/08/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.4382149.4163
01/09/201930/09/201901/09/20192019SciTechManchester City Centre - Circle Square13.58330.4528162.9996

 

The expeced results for a previous month would be 

 

15         Leads

31.58    Budget

-16.58  Variance

 

The calculations should be 

Leads = Number of records in the 'leads' with a [created date] of last month

Budget = Calculate( Sum('Leads Budget'[Leads Daily Budget]) *Number of day in last month if it relates to that month)   // Number of days in last month is the figure I cannot get. 

Variance = Sum (Leads - Budget) 

 

I hope this is enough information

 

Dobby

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