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KG1
Resolver I
Resolver I

Measure Interpretation

Hi

 

I am working on a dashboard that has been developed by someone else

 

I am struggling to breakdown this measure and what it is actually doing

 

= CALCULATE(COUNTA('Export'[Order]),DATESBETWEEN('Export'[Actual_Finish_date],max('Export'[Actual_Finish_date])-weekday(max('Export'[Actual_Finish_date]),3),max('Export'[Actual_Finish_date])))

 

Can someone please assist?

 

Thank you in advance

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Its easier to read if its properly formatted

CALCULATE (
    COUNTA ( 'Export'[Order] ),
    DATESBETWEEN (
        'Export'[Actual_Finish_date],
        MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] )
            - WEEKDAY ( MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] ), 3 ),
        MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] )
    )
)

So 

MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] )
     - WEEKDAY ( MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] ), 3 )

gives the Monday of the relevant date. Using that as a parameter to DATESBETWEEN it is counting the number of orders within that week.

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johnt75
Super User
Super User

I think its counting the number of orders in a given week, starting from the Monday

What is the purpose of this part of the measure? weekday(max('Export'[Actual_Finish_date]),3), ?

 

Thank you

Its easier to read if its properly formatted

CALCULATE (
    COUNTA ( 'Export'[Order] ),
    DATESBETWEEN (
        'Export'[Actual_Finish_date],
        MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] )
            - WEEKDAY ( MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] ), 3 ),
        MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] )
    )
)

So 

MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] )
     - WEEKDAY ( MAX ( 'Export'[Actual_Finish_date] ), 3 )

gives the Monday of the relevant date. Using that as a parameter to DATESBETWEEN it is counting the number of orders within that week.

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