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I have a table of backordered items and a table of incoming shipments to fulfill those backorders. The quantity of the backorder often exceeds the quantity of any one fulfillment shipment. For a given item i need to take a cumulative of arriving shipments and calculate when I will have recieved enough to fill the backorders. Be gentle, I'm a newb.
| ITEMID | Actual Back Order Qty |
| UCJV300-160 | 16 |
| ITEMNUMBER | AVAILDATE | QTYREMAINING |
| UCJV300-160 | 8/16/2021 | 8 |
| UCJV300-160 | 8/27/2021 | 6 |
| UCJV300-160 | 9/6/2021 | 6 |
| UCJV300-160 | 9/22/2021 | 2 |
| UCJV300-160 | 9/23/2021 | 12 |
| UCJV300-160 | 9/29/2021 | 6 |
I would in this example be able to fill backorders by 9/6/2021. Any help would be appreciated.
Here is a link to the pbix https://drive.google.com/file/d/15mXmznI2b2f5kLliRVJL2GYJAqF-jUmc/view?usp=sharing
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@Anonymous,
Try this solution.
1. Create measures:
Qty Remaining = SUM ( ArrivingShipments[QTYREMAINING] )
Backorder Fill Date =
VAR vBackOrderQty = [Actual Back Order Qty]
VAR vBaseTable =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE (
ArrivingShipments,
ArrivingShipments[ITEMNUMBER],
ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE]
),
"@QtyRemaining", [Qty Remaining]
)
VAR vFinalTable =
ADDCOLUMNS (
vBaseTable,
"@RunningTotal",
VAR vDate = ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE]
RETURN
CALCULATE ( [Qty Remaining], ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE] <= vDate )
)
VAR vResult =
CALCULATE (
MIN ( ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE] ),
FILTER ( vFinalTable, [@RunningTotal] >= vBackOrderQty )
)
RETURN
vResult
This measure was already in your pbix:
Actual Back Order Qty =
SUM(BackOrderedItems[BackOrder])
-SUM(BackOrderedItems[QtyReserved])
-Sum(BackOrderedItems[Picked])
2. In table visual "From Back Ordered Items Table", ITEMID should be from table INVENTORYMASTERTABLE.
Proud to be a Super User!
@Anonymous,
Try this solution.
1. Create measures:
Qty Remaining = SUM ( ArrivingShipments[QTYREMAINING] )
Backorder Fill Date =
VAR vBackOrderQty = [Actual Back Order Qty]
VAR vBaseTable =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE (
ArrivingShipments,
ArrivingShipments[ITEMNUMBER],
ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE]
),
"@QtyRemaining", [Qty Remaining]
)
VAR vFinalTable =
ADDCOLUMNS (
vBaseTable,
"@RunningTotal",
VAR vDate = ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE]
RETURN
CALCULATE ( [Qty Remaining], ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE] <= vDate )
)
VAR vResult =
CALCULATE (
MIN ( ArrivingShipments[AVAILDATE] ),
FILTER ( vFinalTable, [@RunningTotal] >= vBackOrderQty )
)
RETURN
vResult
This measure was already in your pbix:
Actual Back Order Qty =
SUM(BackOrderedItems[BackOrder])
-SUM(BackOrderedItems[QtyReserved])
-Sum(BackOrderedItems[Picked])
2. In table visual "From Back Ordered Items Table", ITEMID should be from table INVENTORYMASTERTABLE.
Proud to be a Super User!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I pictured that the solution would require an intermediate table and the varResult calculation is exatly what I knew it should be, but my expression-building chops aren't there yet.
Thank yu for taking the time to share with all of us DAX beginners. I'm going to try this right now.
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