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Anonymous
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Display data for previous 6 months

Hello,

I have a fact table and a dimension date table related with each other through the date columns (Date - Created_On). I have to filter the month in slicer and to display the number of applications for the last 6 month excluding the selected month. And the average of applications for the last 6 months excluding the selected month. 
I have tried this formula. 

Last 6 months=
var app =calculate(
    DISTINCTCOUNT(FactTable[Original_ID]),
    filter(AFactTable,FactTable[Original_ID]]<> blank()),
    DATESINPERIOD (
        DimDate[Date],
         EOMONTH ( TODAY (),-1),
        -6,
        MONTH
    )
)
return
if(isblank(app),0,appt)
 
But this formula gives me the last 6 months only when I dont select months in a slicer. If I filter the data through the slicer, it gives me the vales of the selected month only. I need to show the data for the last 6 months previous the selected month. 


Thanks in advance!

 

FactTable  
Original_Id   Created on 
11/2/2021
21/3/2021
31/4/2021
41/5/2021
Dimdate  
YearMonthDate
2021Jan1/2/2021
2022Feb1/2/2022
2021Mar1/3/2021
2021Apr1/4/2021
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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    4 years ago

    Anonymous , If you want to select a month and want to show more than that on the axis/row, the slicer needs to be on an independent date table

     

    //Date1 is independent Date table, Date is joined with Table
    new measure =
    var _max = maxx(allselected(Date1),Date1[Date])
    var _min = eomonth(_max, -6) +1
    return
    calculate( sum(Table[Value]), filter('Date', 'Date'[Date] >=_min && 'Date'[Date] <=_max))

     

    Need of an Independent Date Table:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fGGmg9fHI

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    HI amitchandak 
    It helped me a lot a formula used in the video you shared.
    Nr of app in the last 6 months=

    CALCULATE ( DISTINCTCOUNT(FactTable[Original_ID]),
        DATESINPERIOD (
           DimDate[Date],
           EOMONTH( MAX ( DimDate[Date]),-1), -6,
            MONTH
        )
    )

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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
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    4 years ago

    Anonymous , If you want to select a month and want to show more than that on the axis/row, the slicer needs to be on an independent date table

     

    //Date1 is independent Date table, Date is joined with Table
    new measure =
    var _max = maxx(allselected(Date1),Date1[Date])
    var _min = eomonth(_max, -6) +1
    return
    calculate( sum(Table[Value]), filter('Date', 'Date'[Date] >=_min && 'Date'[Date] <=_max))

     

    Need of an Independent Date Table:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fGGmg9fHI

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      HI amitchandak 
      The problem is that in the same report I have to display different data (measures) for the selected months, for previous month and the last 6 months excluding the selected one, in order to compare the data. So the slicer should be the one from DimDate table.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      HI amitchandak 
      It helped me a lot a formula used in the video you shared.
      Nr of app in the last 6 months=

      CALCULATE ( DISTINCTCOUNT(FactTable[Original_ID]),
          DATESINPERIOD (
             DimDate[Date],
             EOMONTH( MAX ( DimDate[Date]),-1), -6,
              MONTH
          )
      )
  • tamerj1's avatar
    tamerj1
    Icon for Community Champion rankCommunity Champion
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 
    Please refer to this sample file based on sales table. However, you can follow the same method but replace with the desired aggregation. 

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      The Year Month in slicer is from the Date table?

      • tamerj1's avatar
        tamerj1
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        4 years ago

        Anonymous 
        Yes. But in the table visual itself you are slicing by the PreviousDate table.