MTD/YTD on count of a column based on distinct values of another

[DanielCarvalho]

Hello Community,

I am trying to create 2 measures (MTD/YTD) as I created the other ones and they work fine but in my current case I need to count how many entries are in each one of those months based on a distinct value of a collumn:

As seen above, imagine that i was doing MTD of this data I would want the count of septmeber to be only 1 as its the same case ID and not be 5 as the data reoeats when that case ID changes status but the creating data(action date stays the same)

The measures I tried are the following:

Created_Tickets(MTD) = CALCULATE(COUNT(TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY[ACTIONDATE_FORMATTED]),DISTINCT(TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY[CASEID]),DATESMTD('CALENDAR'[DATE]))

Created_Tickets(YTD) = CALCULATE(COUNT(TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY[ACTIONDATE_FORMATTED]),DISTINCT(TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY[CASEID]),DATESYTD('CALENDAR'[DATE], "30/9" ))

This usually works fine without the distinct part but this time I really need it to only count based on the distinct case ID.

What is the best way to do this? 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @DanielCarvalho ,

Please update the formula of measure [Created_Tickets(MTD)] and [Created_Tickets(YTD)] as below and check if they can return the expected result...

Created_Tickets(MTD) =
CALCULATE (
    DISTINCTCOUNT ( TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY[CASEID] ),
    DATESMTD ( 'CALENDAR'[DATE] )
)

Created_Tickets(YTD) =
CALCULATE (
    DISTINCTCOUNT ( TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY[CASEID] ),
    DATESYTD ( 'CALENDAR'[DATE], "30/9" )
)

If the above one can't help you, please provide some raw data in your table 'TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY' (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples? Please also provide the related info if there is any relationship between the table 'TICKET_DASHBOARD_GAVATAR_HISTORY' and CALENDAR table. It would be helpful to find out the solution. You can refer the following links to share the required info:

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