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Gaurav_84
Helper I
Helper I

Dax Generate function

Hi Expert,

 

Please help me with below DAX function it was share with me in my older post. Is there any way to achieve M-1 from effective date.

Suppose if my effective date is 22/10/2020 with m-1 it should become 22/09/2020.

Gaurav_84_0-1603326033152.png

 

Regards

Gaurav

 

 

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v-janeyg-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Gaurav_84 

 

It’s my pleasure to answer for you.

According to your description, I think you can define a variable as ‘m-1’date.

Like this:

 

Measure = 
var dateymd=MAX('Table'[Effective date])
var year=YEAR(dateymd)
var month=MONTH(dateymd)-1
var day=DAY(dateymd)
var effevtivedate=DATE(year,month,day)
return effevtivedate

 

v-janeyg-msft_0-1603691833233.png

If it doesn’t solve your problem, please feel free to ask me.

 

Best Regards

Janey Guo

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-janeyg-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Gaurav_84 

 

It’s my pleasure to answer for you.

According to your description, I think you can define a variable as ‘m-1’date.

Like this:

 

Measure = 
var dateymd=MAX('Table'[Effective date])
var year=YEAR(dateymd)
var month=MONTH(dateymd)-1
var day=DAY(dateymd)
var effevtivedate=DATE(year,month,day)
return effevtivedate

 

v-janeyg-msft_0-1603691833233.png

If it doesn’t solve your problem, please feel free to ask me.

 

Best Regards

Janey Guo

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Gaurav_84 , Not very clear. Try this formula

=
var _min =Minx(allselected(table),Table[[finish_dt]])
var _max = date(year(_min), month(_min)-1,day(_min))
return
return
calculate([measure], filter(Date, Date[Date] >=_min && Date[Date]>=_min))

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