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mitchmoore2
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9 years ago

How do I create a date slicer that filters multiple date columns?

Trying to figure out how I can create a date slicer that can filter accross multiple date columns simeltaniously. I've created a date dimension table, however, I can only create a single active one-to-many realtionship whichs limits me to filtering on only 1 of the 5 date columns at once. I need the visuals to update according to their respective date columns. How can I resolve this? 

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  • TheOckieMofo's avatar
    TheOckieMofo
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    9 years ago

    You can have multiple relationships between a lookup table (like a date table) and a fact table. However, only 1 can be active at a time. So if you want to leverage an inactive relationship, you would use the function USERELATIONSHIP().

     

    The syntax is pretty straightforward. Basically, you would use it as a filter criteria in a CALCULATE function, something like:

     

    CALCULATE(SUM([SALES]),USERELATIONSHIP('DATE_TABLE'[DATE],'SALES_TABLE[SECONDARY_DATE])

     

    Hope that helps.