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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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How to workaround Calculate function ignoring filter context

Hello,   I have 2 measures. The first one simply counts all orders and the 2nd one does the same thing but for a specific date.   This works fine however if I want to group the second measure by ...
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  • az38's avatar
    az38
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    If I understand you correct try to use ALLEXCEPT() like

    OrdersPrevDay =
VAR PDate = LASTDATE('Calendar'[Date])

RETURN
CALCULATE ( [AllOrders],
ALLEXCEPT('Orders', 'Orders'[SalesAgent]),
FILTER ( ALL ( 'Calendar' ),
'Calendar'[Date] > PDate - 1 &&

'Calendar'[Date] <= PDate )) + 0
Greg_Deckler's avatar
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
6 years ago

Anonymous - That sounds like a missing relationship. Not really enough information to go on, please first check if your issue is a common issue listed here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Before-You-Post-Read-This/ba-p/1116882

Also, please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

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