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Mobleyjk
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1 year ago
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Date Selection Formula Issue

Hi All,   I'm having and odd issue with a date selection calculation, as described below:   I have two date fields, Created Date and Hub Activation, both of which are formatted the same. I've cre...
  • DataNinja777's avatar
    1 year ago

    Hi Mobleyjk ,

     

    The issue you're encountering is caused by a data type mismatch between your columns. Your 'Case'[Created Date] field is a Date/Time type, meaning it stores both a date and a specific time of day. In contrast, your 'Calendar'[Date] column is a pure Date type, where the time is implicitly set to midnight (12:00:00 AM). Your formula fails because a date with a time like 10/21/2025 09:30:15 AM is not equal to 10/21/2025 12:00:00 AM, so the FILTER function returns an empty table.

    To resolve this, you must remove the time portion from the [Created Date] before comparing it. You can do this by using the TRUNC function. Your original formula can be corrected to work as follows:

    Project Calc =
    MINX (
        FILTER (
            'Calendar',
            TRUNC ( 'Case'[Created Date] ) = 'Calendar'[Date]
        ),
        'Calendar'[+29]
    )

    While the above formula is now correct, a more efficient and readable best practice in DAX is to use the LOOKUPVALUE function for this task. It's specifically designed to retrieve a value from a column when a key in another column matches your specified value. This avoids iterating over the entire calendar table with FILTER and results in a cleaner, faster calculation.

    Project Calc =
    LOOKUPVALUE (
        'Calendar'[+29],
        'Calendar'[Date], TRUNC ( 'Case'[Created Date] )
    )

     

    Best regards,