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rush
Helper V
4 years ago
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Fill down values with DAX calculated column

Hi All I need help trying to fill values down based on the date I have for each staff. Please see the example below with the expected column to be created along with the link to the sample data...
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    tamerj1
    4 years ago

    rush 

    Please try

    Employment Status New =
VAR CurrentDate = TableName[Date]
VAR CurrentStatus = TableName[Employment Status]
VAR CurrentIdTable =
    CALCULATETABLE ( TableName, ALLEXCEPT ( TableName, TableName[ID] ) )
VAR NoBlanksTable =
    FILTER ( CurrentIdTable, TableName[Employment Status] <> BLANK () )
VAR NoBlanksTableBefore =
    FILTER ( NoBlanksTable, TableName[Date] < CurrentDate )
VAR LastDateWithData =
    MAXX ( NoBlanksTableBefore, TableName[Date] )
VAR LastStatus =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( NoBlanksTableBefore, TableName[Date] = LastDateWithData ),
        TableName[Employment Status]
    )
RETURN
    IF ( ISBLANK ( CurrentStatus ), LastStatus, CurrentStatus )
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tamerj1
Community Champion
4 years ago

rush 

Please try

Employment Status New =
VAR CurrentDate = TableName[Date]
VAR CurrentStatus = TableName[Employment Status]
VAR CurrentIdTable =
    CALCULATETABLE ( TableName, ALLEXCEPT ( TableName, TableName[ID] ) )
VAR NoBlanksTable =
    FILTER ( CurrentIdTable, TableName[Employment Status] <> BLANK () )
VAR NoBlanksTableBefore =
    FILTER ( NoBlanksTable, TableName[Date] < CurrentDate )
VAR LastDateWithData =
    MAXX ( NoBlanksTableBefore, TableName[Date] )
VAR LastStatus =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( NoBlanksTableBefore, TableName[Date] = LastDateWithData ),
        TableName[Employment Status]
    )
RETURN
    IF ( ISBLANK ( CurrentStatus ), LastStatus, CurrentStatus )
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rush
Helper V
4 years ago

Thank you very much. tamerj1  It works really well. 🙏