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Hi,
Does anyone know why this measure is throwing up an error 'The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value.
Sales PW =
VAR CurrentWeek =
SELECTEDVALUE ( MyDateTable[Week Number] )
VAR CurrentYear =
SELECTEDVALUE ( MyDateTable[Year] )
VAR MaxWeekNumber =
CALCULATE ( MAX ( MyDateTable[Week Number] ), ALL ( MyDateTable ) )
RETURN
SUMX (
FILTER (
ALL ( MyDateTable ),
IF (
CurrentWeek = 1,
MyDateTable[Week Number] = MaxWeekNumber
&& MyDateTable[Year]
= CurrentYear - 1,
MyDateTable
= CurrentWeek - 1
&& MyDateTable[Year] = CurrentYear
)
),
[Total Hours]
)
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @android1,
Based on my test, it seems that you have forgotten add a column name in 'MyDateTable
= CurrentWeek - 1'
You could refer to below formula and test it again:
Sales PW = VAR CurrentWeek = SELECTEDVALUE ( MyDateTable[Week Number] ) VAR CurrentYear = SELECTEDVALUE ( MyDateTable[Year] ) VAR MaxWeekNumber = CALCULATE ( MAX ( MyDateTable[Week Number] ), ALL ( MyDateTable ) ) RETURN SUMX ( FILTER ( ALL ( MyDateTable ), IF ( CurrentWeek = 1, MyDateTable[Week Number] = MaxWeekNumber && MyDateTable[Year] = CurrentYear - 1, MyDateTable[Year] = CurrentWeek - 1 && MyDateTable[Year] = CurrentYear ) ), [Total Hours] )
Hope it could help you
Regards,
Daniel He
Hi @android1,
Could you please tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, could you please mark the helpful replies as Answered?
Regards,
Daniel He
Hi @android1,
Based on my test, it seems that you have forgotten add a column name in 'MyDateTable
= CurrentWeek - 1'
You could refer to below formula and test it again:
Sales PW = VAR CurrentWeek = SELECTEDVALUE ( MyDateTable[Week Number] ) VAR CurrentYear = SELECTEDVALUE ( MyDateTable[Year] ) VAR MaxWeekNumber = CALCULATE ( MAX ( MyDateTable[Week Number] ), ALL ( MyDateTable ) ) RETURN SUMX ( FILTER ( ALL ( MyDateTable ), IF ( CurrentWeek = 1, MyDateTable[Week Number] = MaxWeekNumber && MyDateTable[Year] = CurrentYear - 1, MyDateTable[Year] = CurrentWeek - 1 && MyDateTable[Year] = CurrentYear ) ), [Total Hours] )
Hope it could help you
Regards,
Daniel He
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