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auxilio99357
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Dynamic Filtering from Table - Period of time

Hi!! hope you can help me! 🙂 

 

I want to create a slicer which filters with the "User Selection" column from the following table called 'Slicer Period Table'

 

auxilio99357_1-1619478425138.png

 

When the user selects Last Month, Last Qtr or Last Yr, the value that i want to get are the ones in the column "Month index", so i created this measure:

 

Period Selection = IF (HASONEVALUE ('Slicer Periodo Table'[User Selection]),VALUES('Slicer Period Table'[Month Index]),COUNTROWS(DimDates))
 

Then I want to calculate some measures that are filter by this slicer, like this:

 

Total Revenue = CALCULATE([Revenue], ALL(DimDates), AND(DimDates[month index]<=0, DimDates[month index]>= [Period Selection]))
 
The problem is that the measure gives the followig error: "A function 'CALCULATE' has been used in a True/False expression that is used as a table filter expression. This is not allowed." 
i´m very new to DAX so i don´t know how to solve it.
 
Unfortunately i cannot take pictures of my Data tables but i have a common sales table with every transaction that has this 4 columns:
auxilio99357_3-1619479616273.png

I will always have the amount of sales up to two months before the current day. (For example if we are on April 2021, the last sales I have are from February 2020). Thats why the month index in the 'Slicer Period Table' don´t make sense.

 

 

And a DimDates table like this
auxilio99357_2-1619479278512.png
 
Thank you!!!! 😊

 

 

 

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samdthompson
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Hello, yes you can do this. Heres a link to a very detailed description which I have used lots of time. Its even got a downloadable example.

 

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2016/05/30/creating-current-day-week-month-and-year-reports-in-power-bi...

 

 

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samdthompson
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Hello, yes you can do this. Heres a link to a very detailed description which I have used lots of time. Its even got a downloadable example.

 

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2016/05/30/creating-current-day-week-month-and-year-reports-in-power-bi...

 

 

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.

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