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Continued ContributorFind Latest Transaction Date for Each Customer
I have successfully used LASTDATE.
Customer Last Transaction = LASTDATE('Sales'[OrderDate])
Then I populate the rows with the customer ID. My sales table is matched to my customer table using the ID.
heathernicole I have not read the whole post but give this a try...
Last Transaction = CALCULATE ( LASTDATE ( 'Sales Details'[SalesTxnTimeModified] ), ALLEXCEPT ( 'Customer', 'Customer'[Customer Name] ) )Hello heathernicole! I don't know what to tell you???
I use this exact Measure to calculate Last Payment by Purchaser - and there are MANY MANY duplicate dates!
I just tried it and it works as a Calculated Column as well.
You know the May Update was released today - have you updated? (Even though this should not be the issue!)
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/
heathernicole Try this...
Go to Modeling Tab => Click New Table button => type this...
Summary Table = SUMMARIZE ( 'Sales Details', 'Sales Details'[Customer ID], "Last Transaction", MAX ( 'Sales Details'[SalesTxnTimeModified] ) )
Community ChampionI have successfully used LASTDATE.
Customer Last Transaction = LASTDATE('Sales'[OrderDate])
Then I populate the rows with the customer ID. My sales table is matched to my customer table using the ID.
Continued Contributorkcantor I was afraid I was over complicating it. :)
We've had to logout for the day for IT to work in the database so I won't be able to give this a go until Tuesday (unless I can log back in sooner).
I'll let you know! :)
THANK YOU!!!
- kcantor
I hope it works, heathernicole, sometimes the easiest solution works. Other times you end up creating a new table and writing a novel lenght calculation.
Enjoy your long weekend!
arifyMicrosoft Employee
You'll probably get better performance if you do a Group By operation in the Query Editor when you're getting data. (In Query Editor right click Customer Name column, then in Operations pick Max, then in the column selector you can pick Transaction Date column). Depending on your datasource, this might download a lot less information from your datasource.