@Anonymous solution attached, the core is to store semester start date in the calendar table and then use it to get semester start value. You can tweak the logic as per your need.
Check my latest blog post Year-2020, Pandemic, Power BI and Beyond to get a summary of my favourite Power BI feature releases in 2020
I would ❤ Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!
⚡Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop-shop for Power BI-related projects/training/consultancy.⚡
Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!
Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo
If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤
Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
Feel free to email me with any of your BI needs.
Hi, @Anonymous
I’m not sure the criteria for determining the range of semesters, what I think that the range of semesters is determined by a given table.
The following method is what I do for you.
If it’s not your expected output, please provide more details.
As below:
Step1: Create a calendar table as:
Calendar =
CALENDAR("2020-01-01","2020-12-31")
Step2: Create measure as:
FirstDay =
CALCULATE (
MAX ( Semesters[First Day] ),
FILTER (
ALL ( Semesters ),
'Semesters'[Last Day] = SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Calendar'[Date] )
)
)
Here is the output:
Here is the demo, please try it: First Day of Semester
Best Regards,
Link
@Anonymous check attached
Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!
Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo
If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤
Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
Feel free to email me with any of your BI needs.
Hi, @Anonymous
I’m not sure the criteria for determining the range of semesters, what I think that the range of semesters is determined by a given table.
The following method is what I do for you.
If it’s not your expected output, please provide more details.
As below:
Step1: Create a calendar table as:
Calendar =
CALENDAR("2020-01-01","2020-12-31")
Step2: Create measure as:
FirstDay =
CALCULATE (
MAX ( Semesters[First Day] ),
FILTER (
ALL ( Semesters ),
'Semesters'[Last Day] = SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Calendar'[Date] )
)
)
Here is the output:
Here is the demo, please try it: First Day of Semester
Best Regards,
Link
@Anonymous solution attached, the core is to store semester start date in the calendar table and then use it to get semester start value. You can tweak the logic as per your need.
Check my latest blog post Year-2020, Pandemic, Power BI and Beyond to get a summary of my favourite Power BI feature releases in 2020
I would ❤ Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!
⚡Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop-shop for Power BI-related projects/training/consultancy.⚡
Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!
Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo
If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤
Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
Feel free to email me with any of your BI needs.
Sounds like you need a Date dimension with an Attribute in it named "First Date of Semester". For Dates 1/1/2020 through 6/30/2020, this value will be Jan 1 2020. For July through December, it would be 7/1/2020. It's not much different than a Week Number or Week Start Date attribute.
Proud to be a Super User! |  |
Helpful resources
Power BI Monthly Update - November 2025
Check out the November 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.
Fabric Data Days
Advance your Data & AI career with 50 days of live learning, contests, hands-on challenges, study groups & certifications and more!
FabCon Atlanta 2026
Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.
