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I'm sure it's obvious but I'm a newbie here...
Why, when my chart is displaying the last 3 months it does so nicely but when I use the slicer to change it to show 4 months or longer it gives me this mess?
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Hi,
According to your description, i create a sample to test:
Then create a what if parameter from 0-10 first for selecting last N months.
Then please try this measure:
Measure =
VAR a =
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Last Month'[Last Month] ) - 1
RETURN
IF (
MONTH ( TODAY () ) - a >= 0,
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'Table'[Days Open] ),
FILTER (
'Table',
'Table'[Date Created]
>= DATE ( YEAR ( TODAY () ), MONTH ( TODAY () ) - a, 1 ) - 1
)
),
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'Table'[Days Open] ),
FILTER (
'Table',
'Table'[Date Created]
>= DATE ( YEAR ( TODAY () ) - 1, MONTH ( TODAY () ) - a + 12, 1 ) - 1
)
)
)When select last 3 months or last 4 months, the result shows:
Here is my test pbix file:
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Giotto Zhi
Hi,
According to your description, i create a sample to test:
Then create a what if parameter from 0-10 first for selecting last N months.
Then please try this measure:
Measure =
VAR a =
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Last Month'[Last Month] ) - 1
RETURN
IF (
MONTH ( TODAY () ) - a >= 0,
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'Table'[Days Open] ),
FILTER (
'Table',
'Table'[Date Created]
>= DATE ( YEAR ( TODAY () ), MONTH ( TODAY () ) - a, 1 ) - 1
)
),
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'Table'[Days Open] ),
FILTER (
'Table',
'Table'[Date Created]
>= DATE ( YEAR ( TODAY () ) - 1, MONTH ( TODAY () ) - a + 12, 1 ) - 1
)
)
)When select last 3 months or last 4 months, the result shows:
Here is my test pbix file:
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Giotto Zhi
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