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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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Last Column Value

Dears,   Have a good day.   I need to get the last value of a column, just read it without calculation as the value is a cumulative value.  
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  • v-yuta-msft's avatar
    v-yuta-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi aserag,

     

    In your scenario, you want to achieve the value in the last row, right? For example, 54545 is what you want in column [Planned value] below.

    The first solution is that you can create an index and use the max index to find the value, click Query Editor->Add Column->Index Column.

    After applied, you can create a measure using DAX formula:

    last value = CALCULATE(MAX(Table1[Planned Value]), FILTER(Table1, Table1[Index] = MAX(Table1[Index])))

     

    The second solution is that you can simply use “Keep Bottom Rows” to achieve last value.

     

     

    Regards,

    Jimmy Tao

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Hi v-yuta-msft

 

Thank you very much, I prefer the 1st solution. I tried it and it's working.

 

Thanks again

 

Regards

Ahmed

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saipawar
Helper IV
6 years ago

Hi v-yuta-msft ,

 

I have read your solutions and have tried solution 1 partially. 

 

Here's how my current table looks after indexing - 

 

DESIRED VALUE = 51.7 M

Current Calculation:

Meetings this qtr = CALCULATE(MAX(DailyMtgUsage[NUMBER_OF_MEETINGS]), FILTER('Date','Date'[Max Quarter Rank] = MAX('Date'[Max Quarter Rank])))
 
To Simplify in your format:
Last value = CALCULATE(MAX(Table2[Planned Value]), FILTER(Table2, Table2[Index] = MAX(Table1[Index])))
 
Here's how I created the index. This is a newly created measure to rank quarter start dates:
Max Qtr Start Date = MAX( 'Date'[FISCAL_QUARTER_START_DATE])
Max Quarter Rank = RANKX(ALL('Date'),[Max Qtr Start Date],,ASC,Dense)
 
I also read somewhere that MAX takes only column values and not measures. Please suggest an alternative way to do this. I tried LASTNONBLANK function but that didn't quite work.
 
Please help in retrieving the last value. I am not sure what is wrong in the dax code.
 
Thanks