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Hi, I am trying to create a backlog column for my monthly volume of tickets. I have an open measure and a closed measure. Their formulas to create these measures are:
Opened = CALCULATE(COUNT(VolumeForRitmOpenandClosedTickets[RitmSysCreatedOn - Without Time]), USERELATIONSHIP(VolumeForRitmOpenandClosedTickets[RitmSysCreatedOn - Without Time], 'VolumeCalendar'[Date]))
Closed = CALCULATE(COUNT([RitmClosedAt - Without Time] ), FILTER(VolumeForRitmOpenandClosedTickets,VolumeForRitmOpenandClosedTickets[RitmState]="Closed Complete") ,USERELATIONSHIP(VolumeForRitmOpenandClosedTickets[RitmClosedAt - Without Time],'VolumeCalendar'[Date]))
What I would like to do is take the Backlog from the previous month and add (subtract) from the remainder (result of open – closed) for the current month. So for Oct 16…. Open - Close is 549 - 477 which leave a remainder of 72. I then want to take the backlog from last month (Sept 2016) and add it to the remainder to get the backlog for this Oct (72 +15) =84 backlog
The only exception would be for the first month - the formula would be a little bit different to kick it off. For July 2016 only, I would like to take the remaining column and put this value in the backlog field.
I included a picture, which may help explain easier what I am trying to say. I hope I was clear enough.
If you would like the PBIX file, I can send it to your email. Thank you in advance.
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Please kindly check whether you'd like to get below results: (It's will be much helpful if you can attach the copyable table next time)
1. Insert an index column in power query to keep the data sequence
2. Use below measure:
Measure 2 = SUMX(FILTER(ALL(TableA),[Index]<=MAX(TableA[Index])),[Remaining])
Note there're miscalculation in your previous capture.
Please kindly check whether you'd like to get below results: (It's will be much helpful if you can attach the copyable table next time)
1. Insert an index column in power query to keep the data sequence
2. Use below measure:
Measure 2 = SUMX(FILTER(ALL(TableA),[Index]<=MAX(TableA[Index])),[Remaining])
Note there're miscalculation in your previous capture.
Please kindly paste your excel data here that I can copy it, or preferable a pbix that I can draw it up for you.
Hi,
My file is from SQL Server. I do not know how to attach a PBIX to this message. Is there a place where I put it on your one drive?
Thanks.
1. You can upload your file to Onedrive/Dropbox, and share the link here. (Make sure the connection mode is Import, I can't view it on my side if it is in Direct query mode.
2. Alternatively, copy the table shown in the previous table, and paste it here with table format. that I can copy it.
Just to clarify - the day column should be a year column in the picture
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