Measure using DIM date table error

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am trying to move a Measure from a local date to a DIM Date as I need to compare two different tables.

Date	Deletions	Deletions prior to 31 days ago	Number of deletions in past 31 days
25/06/2020 00:00	16		16
26/06/2020 00:00	17		33
27/06/2020 00:00	14		47
28/06/2020 00:00	28		75
29/06/2020 00:00	25		100
30/06/2020 00:00	54		154
01/07/2020 00:00	20		174
02/07/2020 00:00	17		191
03/07/2020 00:00	8		199
04/07/2020 00:00	10		209
05/07/2020 00:00	6		215
06/07/2020 00:00	3		218
07/07/2020 00:00	11		229
08/07/2020 00:00	17		246
09/07/2020 00:00	10		256
10/07/2020 00:00	10		266
11/07/2020 00:00	6		272
12/07/2020 00:00	10		282
13/07/2020 00:00	15		297
14/07/2020 00:00	6		303
15/07/2020 00:00	11		314
16/07/2020 00:00	11		325
17/07/2020 00:00	12		337
18/07/2020 00:00	9		346
19/07/2020 00:00	9		355
20/07/2020 00:00	12		367
21/07/2020 00:00	9		376
22/07/2020 00:00	5		381
23/07/2020 00:00	11		392
24/07/2020 00:00	12		404
25/07/2020 00:00	9		413
26/07/2020 00:00	5	16	418
27/07/2020 00:00	4	33	406
28/07/2020 00:00	6	47	395
29/07/2020 00:00	9	75	390
30/07/2020 00:00	8	100	370
31/07/2020 00:00	17	154	362
01/08/2020 00:00	22	174	330
02/08/2020 00:00	6	191	316
03/08/2020 00:00	16	199	315
04/08/2020 00:00	9	209	316
05/08/2020 00:00	13	215	319
06/08/2020 00:00	3	218	316
07/08/2020 00:00	7	229	320
08/08/2020 00:00	10	246	319

This is the outcome of the table I would like and it works fine with the local measure but when I switch it to an dim date table as the calendar it goes wrong;

From this

Number of deletions in past 31 days = CALCULATE (     

   SUM('Deletions' [Deletions]),     

   DATESBETWEEN('Deletions'[Date],

   MAX('Deletions' [Date]) - 31,

   Max('Deletions' [Date])))

To this

Number of deletions in past 31 days DIMDATE = CALCULATE (     

   SUM('iOS & Android - Deletions'[Deletions]),     

   DATESBETWEEN(DimDate[Date],

   MAX('Deletions' [Date]) - 31,

   Max('Deletions' [Date])))

I have switched the "Deletions prior to 31 days ago" messure from a local date to use the date dim table and this works just not with this one.

Deletions prior to 31 days ago _ DIMDATE = 
CALCULATE(SUM('Deletions'[Deletions]),
DATESBETWEEN(DimDate[Date],
BLANK(),
MAX('Deletions'[Date]) - 31))

DimDate is created with the below 

DimDate = CALENDAR(date(2014,01,01),date(2020,12,31))

Any idea why it might be going wrong?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous 

I build two tables like yours to have a test.

Deletions:

DimDate Table:

DimDate = CALENDAR(date(2014,01,01),date(2020,12,31))

Then build a relationship between two tables.

Build measures.

Deletions prior to 31 days ago _ DIMDATE = 
SUMX(FILTER(ALL(Deletions),Deletions[Date]<=MAX(DimDate[Date])),Deletions[Deletions])

Number of deletions in past 31 days_DIMDATE = CALCULATE(SUM(Deletions[Deletions]),DATEADD('DimDate'[Date],-31,DAY))

 Result:

You can download the pbix file from this link: Measure using DIM date table error

Best Regards,

Rico Zhou

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[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous 

Thank you for looking in to this for me, I see what maybe my original DAX statment did work and it is having the same issue as yours.

If i look at the time before and after the dataset ends it has the "548" number in the blank date rows as shown below;

When it should look like this;

Any ideas?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

I build a new Deletions prior to 31 days ago _ DIMDATE Measure:

Number of deletions in past 31 days_DimDate = 
VAR _CURRENTDimDATE =
    MAX ( DimDate[Date] )
VAR _MINDATE =
    MINX ( ALL ( Deletions ), Deletions[Date] )
VAR _MAXDATE =
    MAXX ( ALL ( Deletions ), Deletions[Date] )
RETURN
    IF (
        OR ( _CURRENTDimDATE < _MINDATE, _CURRENTDimDATE > _MAXDATE ),
        BLANK (),
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'Deletions'[Deletions] ),
            DATESBETWEEN (
                DimDate[Date],
                MAX ( 'Deletions'[Date] ) - 31,
                MAX ( 'Deletions'[Date] )
            )
        )
    )

Result:

You can download the pbix file from this link: Measure using DIM date table error

Best Regards,

Rico Zhou

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[Ashish_Mathur]

Hi,

Ensure that to your visual, you drag Date from the DimDate table.  Also, there should be a relationship from the Date column of the iOS & Android Deletions table to the Date column of the DimDate table.

[lbendlin]

Use a variable to capture your current date value before entering the CALCUALATE() area, and reference the date by the variable.