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Anonymous
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DAX expression

Hello everyone

 

I have a data table with amounts of money and a date, and I'm struggling to write measures to separate one years amount from another using DAX.

 

For example (dates are in UK type)

 

Date        Amount

1/8/18      £100

1/9/18      £100

1/10/18    £100

1/11/18    £100

1/12/18    £100

1/1/19      £200

1/2/19      £200

1/3/19      £200

1/4/19      £200

 

I've tried using CALCULATE(SUM(

but Power BI is refusing to accept the filter as the year.

 

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to the correct DAX please?

 

My expected result from above would be 2018 = £500 and 2019 = £800, which I could display in the card visual.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Daniel

  • Hi Anonymous 

    You could use a calendar table and a slicer to select the year you want (probably the best option). Or you can just create measures

     

    Measure =
    VAR Year_ = 2018 // Change as required
    RETURN
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( Table1[Date] ),
            FILTER ( ALL ( Table1[Date] ), YEAR ( Table1[Date] ) = Year_ )
        )

    Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving kudos if posts are helpful.

    Cheers  Datanaut

      

  • Anonymous -

    Something like:

    2018 Results = 
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( TableName[Amount] ),
        YEAR ( TableName[Date] ) = 2018
    )
  • Hello Anonymous 

    Have you considered adding a date table to your model?  This will let you group your data by year / month / quarter etc.  You can create a date table by entering this DAX code in a "New table" measure.

    Dates = 
    VAR DateRange = CALENDARAUTO()
    
    RETURN
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        DateRange,
        "Year",YEAR ( [Date] ),
        "Month", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
        "MonthNum", MONTH ( [Date] ),
        "Month Year", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm-yyyy"),
        "MonthYearNum", YEAR ( [Date] ) * 100 + MONTH ( [Date] ),
        "Quarter Year", "Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "q-yyyy" ),
        "QtrYearNum", YEAR ( [Date] ) * 100 + VALUE ( FORMAT ( [Date], "q" ) )
    )

    Then you link the Date field from the Dates table to the Date field in your data table.  Once connected you can use all the fields in the date table as filters and groupings of your data.

5 Replies

  • AlB's avatar
    AlB
    Community Champion

    Hi Anonymous 

    You could use a calendar table and a slicer to select the year you want (probably the best option). Or you can just create measures

     

    Measure =
    VAR Year_ = 2018 // Change as required
    RETURN
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( Table1[Date] ),
            FILTER ( ALL ( Table1[Date] ), YEAR ( Table1[Date] ) = Year_ )
        )

    Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving kudos if posts are helpful.

    Cheers  Datanaut

      

  • ChrisMendoza's avatar
    ChrisMendoza
    Resident Rockstar

    Anonymous -

    Something like:

    2018 Results = 
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( TableName[Amount] ),
        YEAR ( TableName[Date] ) = 2018
    )
  • Hello Anonymous 

    Have you considered adding a date table to your model?  This will let you group your data by year / month / quarter etc.  You can create a date table by entering this DAX code in a "New table" measure.

    Dates = 
    VAR DateRange = CALENDARAUTO()
    
    RETURN
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        DateRange,
        "Year",YEAR ( [Date] ),
        "Month", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
        "MonthNum", MONTH ( [Date] ),
        "Month Year", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm-yyyy"),
        "MonthYearNum", YEAR ( [Date] ) * 100 + MONTH ( [Date] ),
        "Quarter Year", "Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "q-yyyy" ),
        "QtrYearNum", YEAR ( [Date] ) * 100 + VALUE ( FORMAT ( [Date], "q" ) )
    )

    Then you link the Date field from the Dates table to the Date field in your data table.  Once connected you can use all the fields in the date table as filters and groupings of your data.

  • v-diye-msft's avatar
    v-diye-msft
    Community Support

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    If you've fixed the issue on your own please kindly share your solution. if the above posts help, please kindly mark it as a solution to help others find it more quickly.thanks!

     

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable

      Thanks everybody. All 3 solutions worked for me! :)