EARLIER function error - get count of IDs by month dynamically with slicer

[Anonymous]

Hello, I hope some help about this.

I managed to get the follwing graph

For this, I first created a column in ventas table with this Dax formula:

(This column is only a count of total sales or total ids in each month) 

Venta Mens. = CALCULATE (

COUNT(ventas[id]),

FILTER(ventas, FORMAT(ventas[date], "yyyymm") = FORMAT(EARLIER(ventas[date]), "yyyymm") )

)

Second, I use that column in this measure to get the mentioned graph:

Venta Mens. Cosecha = CALCULATE (

MAX(ventas[Venta Mens.]),

USERELATIONSHIP(ventas[date], trx_diario[dia_venta])

)

My problem comes because in this way, my measure is "static" and I need to be able to change it in base a slicer that have the segment column of segmentos table.

So I tried to put a single masure like this (using ALLSELECTED function), but I get error with EARLIER function (and I'm not really sure if this will give me the desire output that could be filtered with segment slicer)

Venta Mens. Cosecha =

var Venta_Mens. = CALCULATE (

COUNT(ventas[id]),

FILTER(ALLSELECTED(ventas), FORMAT(ventas[date], "yyyymm") = FORMAT(EARLIER(ventas[date]), "yyyymm") ))

return

CALCULATE (

MAX(Venta_Mens.),

USERELATIONSHIP(ventas[date], trx_diario[dia_venta])

)

I hope my explanation is enough and someone could give some help. Feel free to ask more details if necessary.

[v-kelly-msft]

Hi  @Anonymous ,

I would suggest you first create a column in your ventas table using below syntax:

Year-month=FORMAT(ventas[date], "yyyymm") 

Then create a measure as below:

Venta Mens. Cosecha =
var Venta_Mens. = CALCULATE (
COUNT(ventas[id]),
FILTER(ALLSELECTED(ventas),ventas[Year-month] = MAX(ventas[Year-month]))
return
CALCULATE (
MAX(Venta_Mens.),
USERELATIONSHIP(ventas[date], trx_diario[dia_venta])
)

Best Regards,
Kelly

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[Anonymous]

Hello, sorry for delay, but this is the same as @amitchandak answer and as I said before, I get error in MAX function (you can see it in the next image). I still don't get how to fix it.

[v-kelly-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ，

Have you first created a column as I suggested before?

Year-month=FORMAT(ventas[date], "yyyymm") 

If you still get errors,would you pls provide some dummy data for test?

Best Regards,
Kelly

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Yes, I tried the column you suggested, I even tried that before posting

But, finally I managed to get what I needed. Here the metric:

Venta Mens. Cosecha =

CALCULATE (

DISTINCTCOUNT(ventas[id]),

FILTER(ALLSELECTED( ventas[Trunc date]),

ventas[Trunc date]= LASTDATE( ventas[Trunc date])

),

USERELATIONSHIP(ventas[date], trx_diario[dia_venta]), ALLSELECTED(trx_diario[maduracion])

)

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous , You can use allselected and MAx in place earlier in a measure

Venta Mens. Cosecha =
var Venta_Mens. = CALCULATE (
COUNT(ventas[id]),
FILTER(ALLSELECTED(ventas), FORMAT(ventas[date], "yyyymm") = FORMAT(MAX(ventas[date]), "yyyymm") ))
return
CALCULATE (
MAX(Venta_Mens.),
USERELATIONSHIP(ventas[date], trx_diario[dia_venta])
)

what are you trying to do here.

if you need last month data use time intelligence

Power BI — Month on Month with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-mtd-questions-time-intelligence-3-5-64b0b4a4090e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LUBbvcxtKA

[Anonymous]

@amitchandak Thanks for your suggestion.

I have to say that searching about EARLIER function I found what you say (replacing EARLIER by MAX), but the problem it that using the formula you suggest gives me error "The MAX function only accepts a column reference as an argument." (But this function is what I need, problem is the given error)

I don't get how to solve this error because as I understand so far, I only passing one argument to MAX function, but get error anyway.