Need help with Count measure per month

[RichOB]

Hi, I'm looking to get the count of total dogs who were actively in a kennel each month in 2024. Using the table, what measure would give me the figures below, please? Where to connect the dates is giving me the most problems. I have made a calendarauto calendar, but I can't connect the Calendarauto[date] to the Table[Start_Date] AND Table[End_Date] as it gives me an ambiguous path error. How do I do this, please? Any help is greatly appreciated.

January 9

February 9

March 8

April 8 

May 7

June 7

July 5

August 5

September 3

October 3

November 3

December 3

Dog	Start_Date	End_Date	Support_Status
Max	01/01/2024	20/05/2024	Closed
Molly	01/01/2024		Open
Alba	01/01/2024	20/07/2024	Closed
Chester	01/01/2024	20/08/2024	Closed
Birdie	01/01/2024		Open
Alf	01/01/2024	20/06/2024	Closed
Biffy	01/01/2024		Open
Bob	01/01/2024	20/02/2024	Closed
Tess	01/01/2024	20/04/2024	Closed

Thanks

[bhanu_gautam · Accepted solution]

@RichOB You already have a Calendarauto table, but ensure it covers the year 2024.

Calendar = CALENDAR(DATE(2024, 1, 1), DATE(2024, 12, 31))

You cannot directly connect both Start_Date and End_Date to the Calendar table due to the ambiguous path error. Instead, you can use measures to calculate the active dogs.

Create Measures: Use DAX to create measures that count the number of active dogs for each month.

ActiveDogs =
VAR CurrentMonthStart = MIN(Calendar[Date])
VAR CurrentMonthEnd = MAX(Calendar[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
COUNTROWS(Table),
Table[Start_Date] <= CurrentMonthEnd,
OR(ISBLANK(Table[End_Date]), Table[End_Date] >= CurrentMonthStart)
)

Use a matrix or table visual to display the count of active dogs by month.

[ryan_mayu · Accepted solution]

@RichOB 

pls see if this is what you want

[v-shamiliv]

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[v-shamiliv]

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[HarishKM · Accepted solution]

@RichOB Hey,
First create a caleder table using New Table -> use dax

Calender =

ADDCOLUMNS(CALENDAR(DATE(2010,01,01),DATE(2050,12,01)),

"Year",YEAR([Date]),

"Month-Year",FORMAT([Date],"MMM-YY"))

Then try to create 1 active relationship and 1 inactive relationship with your both date column.

You can drag calender month year in table visual.

create a below measure - 

# of Dog = COUNTROWS('Table name')

Hopefully this will solve your issue.

Thanks
Harish M
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[v-shamiliv]

Hi @RichOB 
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[ryan_mayu · Accepted solution]

@RichOB 

pls see if this is what you want

[bhanu_gautam · Accepted solution]

@RichOB You already have a Calendarauto table, but ensure it covers the year 2024.

Calendar = CALENDAR(DATE(2024, 1, 1), DATE(2024, 12, 31))

You cannot directly connect both Start_Date and End_Date to the Calendar table due to the ambiguous path error. Instead, you can use measures to calculate the active dogs.

Create Measures: Use DAX to create measures that count the number of active dogs for each month.

ActiveDogs =
VAR CurrentMonthStart = MIN(Calendar[Date])
VAR CurrentMonthEnd = MAX(Calendar[Date])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
COUNTROWS(Table),
Table[Start_Date] <= CurrentMonthEnd,
OR(ISBLANK(Table[End_Date]), Table[End_Date] >= CurrentMonthStart)
)

Use a matrix or table visual to display the count of active dogs by month.