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Anonymous

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5 years ago

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How to Use a variable as filter in caclulate

I am trying to sum all the employees that left between 30 to 365 days.

how can I use the "flag" in the calculate formula?

# Under 1 year =

var workStartDate=MAX('Employee data for PBI'[Work Start Date])

var workEndDate=MAX('Employee data for PBI'[Final Process Date])

var seniority= DATEDIFF(workStartDate, workEndDate, DAY)

var flag=IF(seniority>=30 && seniority<=365,1,0)

var emps=CALCULATE(SUM('Employee data for PBI'[# Terminated]))

return emps

Anonymous
5 years ago
Anonymous

Try add All() function to set the context to all table:

var emps=CALCULATE(SUM('Employee data for PBI'[# Terminated]), filter(All('Employee data for PBI'), flag =1))

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amitchandak
Super User
5 years ago
Anonymous , Try a new measure like

# Under 1 year =
var workStartDate=('Employee data for PBI'[Work Start Date])
var workEndDate=('Employee data for PBI'[Final Process Date])
var seniority= DATEDIFF(workStartDate, workEndDate, DAY)
var flag=IF(seniority>=30 && seniority<=365,1,0)
var emps=CALCULATE(SUM('Employee data for PBI'[# Terminated]), filter('Employee data for PBI', flag =1))
return emps
- Anonymous
  Not applicable
  5 years ago
  thanks amitchandak! it looks like it works, but the measure doesn't sum the total number of employees terminated.
  if I put the data on a table for each employee I do see the values (0 or 1)
Anonymous
Not applicable
5 years ago
Anonymous

Try add All() function to set the context to all table:

var emps=CALCULATE(SUM('Employee data for PBI'[# Terminated]), filter(All('Employee data for PBI'), flag =1))

Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
If this post helps, please Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.