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8 years ago
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Filtering on Date complex

Hi,   I have a "Date" dimension and another table in which my data looks like :-   WorkID StartDate EndDate Type 1 1/1/2014 1/5/2017 Rejected 2 7/7/2015   Active 3 4/4/2016 ...
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  • TomMartens's avatar
    TomMartens
    8 years ago

    Hey,

     

    basically what you are looking for is called the "Event in Progress".

     

    Please be aware, that solutions for these kind of questions require that the Calendar table is not related to the fact table. 

     

    Here you will find a pbix file that contains a little example, based on your sample data it shows 3 rows valie for the selected month "2016-06":

    I've created a measure "Active WorkID"

    Active WorkID = 
SUMX(
    'Fact'
    ,
    var theEnd = IF(ISBLANK('Fact'[EndDate]), DATE(9999,12,31), 'Fact'[EndDate])
    return
    IF(AND('Fact'[StartDate] < [Min Selected Date], theEnd > [Max Selected Date])
        ,1
        ,BLANK()
    )
)

    that I'm using with the card visual. this measure returns the value 1 one for each WorkID that is "active". This measure can also be used in the Visual level filter section of a visual.

     

    Hope this is what you are looking for

     

    Regards

    Tom

  • TomMartens's avatar
    TomMartens
    8 years ago

    Hey,

     

    so you are saying 

    Month('startdate' + 45) = Month(Selected)

    Left side

    2014-07-01 + 45days = 2014-08-15 --> Month = 8

    Right side

    2018-08 (Selected Month) = Month(...) = 8

    this comparison equals to true?

     

    Not sure what you mean if you are saying you can't see trends, trends of what

    I would consider this a trend.

     

    I have to admit that I have my difficulties to understand your requirements, sorry for that

     

    Regards

    Tom

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TomMartens
Super User
8 years ago

Hey,

 

basically what you are looking for is called the "Event in Progress".

 

Please be aware, that solutions for these kind of questions require that the Calendar table is not related to the fact table. 

 

Here you will find a pbix file that contains a little example, based on your sample data it shows 3 rows valie for the selected month "2016-06":

I've created a measure "Active WorkID"

Active WorkID = 
SUMX(
    'Fact'
    ,
    var theEnd = IF(ISBLANK('Fact'[EndDate]), DATE(9999,12,31), 'Fact'[EndDate])
    return
    IF(AND('Fact'[StartDate] < [Min Selected Date], theEnd > [Max Selected Date])
        ,1
        ,BLANK()
    )
)

that I'm using with the card visual. this measure returns the value 1 one for each WorkID that is "active". This measure can also be used in the Visual level filter section of a visual.

 

Hope this is what you are looking for

 

Regards

Tom

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    8 years ago

    Hi Tom,

     

    This is very close to what I need. However, how do I include this condition?

     

    enddate>createddate+45 && createddate+45 (the month) = currentmonth (selected in filter with ability to select multiple months)

    OR

    enddate is null && currentmonth>=createdate+45 (the month)

     

    If either of them satisfies, we should have the value.

     

     

    • TomMartens's avatar
      TomMartens
      Super User
      8 years ago

      Hey,

       

      I have no idea

      • what  the createddate is, I miss this field in the table you provided in your first post
      • what you actually mean by 45 and 45 (the month), guess days, but please provide examples is 45 measured in days and represents the duration of 1.5 months
      • selecting more than 1 one month in the slicer, for example selecting the two months 2016-05 (May 2016) and 2016-09 (September) I would consider 2016-05-01 as the Startdate and 2016-09-30 as the Enddate.

      Regards

      Tom 

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        8 years ago

        My apologies for the confusion.

         

        1. The createddate is actually the StartDate.

        2. Right, +45 means addition of 45 days to StartDate.

        3. Right.