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Divya904
Helper III
8 years ago
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Filtering a table with user entered input date

Hi Experts   Please help me to find how we can filter a table based on user entered date.   I have created a new 'Date' table in Power BI which gives me a 'date field'.  I have created a slicer u...
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  • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
    Ashish_Mathur
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Ensure that the relationship is from the OrderDate column of the Sales Table to the Date column of the Calendar Table.  Also, the relationship status should be active.  Furthermore, you should be able to simplify your formula to:

     

    =if([PostingDate - User Input Date]<0,CALCULATE(Sum('Sales'[Amount ]),[WhatIsTheAge]>=1,[WhatIsTheAge]<31,[Item Status] = "O"),0)

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
8 years ago

Hi,

 

Share the link from where i can download your PBI file.

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Divya904
Helper III
8 years ago

Hi Ashish

 

Thanks for your reply.

Unfortunately i don't have the sample data. I can explain the issue again here.

1. I have created a Date table in Power BI as follows: 

 

MyCalenderDate =
  GENERATE (
    CALENDARAUTO(),
    VAR currentDay = [Date]
    VAR day = DAY( currentDay )
    VAR month =  MONTH ( currentDay )
    VAR year =  YEAR ( currentDay )
  RETURN  ROW ( 
    "day", day,
    "month", month,
    "year", year )
  )

2. After this i have got the 'Date' field . I have created a relationship between MyCalendarDate (Date) and fact table (OrderDate). 

3.  Created a slicer using Date field. So that a user can input any date.

4. This report also includes a table which has some measures. For exampleThe DAX calculation 

Age 1 - 30 = if([PostingDate - User Input Date]< 0, CALCULATE ( Sum('Sales'[Amount ]),  FILTER ('Sales',[WhatIsTheAge] >= 1 && [WhatIsTheAge] < 31 ) ,FILTER('Sales',[Item Status] = "O")),0)

 

So the requirement here is, When the user provide any input date/select a date in filter, the amount in calculations like Age 1-30 and so on should change. User can input any date from the past.

 

Hope this gives you more details.

Thanks for looking into it.

 

  • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
    Ashish_Mathur
    Super User
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Ensure that the relationship is from the OrderDate column of the Sales Table to the Date column of the Calendar Table.  Also, the relationship status should be active.  Furthermore, you should be able to simplify your formula to:

     

    =if([PostingDate - User Input Date]<0,CALCULATE(Sum('Sales'[Amount ]),[WhatIsTheAge]>=1,[WhatIsTheAge]<31,[Item Status] = "O"),0)

    • Divya904's avatar
      Divya904
      Helper III
      8 years ago

      Hi Ashish

       

      Thanks for the reply.

      The relationship has been set before.

      In the following Measure:

      if([PostingDate - User Input Date]<0,CALCULATE(Sum('Sales'[Amount ]),[WhatIsTheAge]>=1,[WhatIsTheAge]<31,[Item Status] = "O"),0)

      Just wanted to confirm, when the user inputs a date in the filter, will it go in the above measure calculation and this calc will work accordingly.

      Or there is any other way to filter around the user input date.

       

      Thanks

      • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
        Ashish_Mathur
        Super User
        8 years ago

        Hi,

         

        Yes, the measure should recalculate when the user select a certain date in the filter.