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Page-Level Filter NOW() - 1
Nikil (& Idanco) are correct in that you can't just filter by NOW() - 1. The model doesn't know how NOW()-1 is related to TicketCompletionDate.
Nikil's first option (don't bring in the more recent tickets) works if you don't have other reports where you do want to include those tickets. Assuming you do, you have to go for a (calculated) column that you can dynamically filter on.
If you have a date table in your model, you could actually add a calculated column to that table to identify whether the date is before today or not. E.g. =if([Date]>=NOW()-1,"N", "Y"). That makes the "before today" filter available to anything that uses dates in your model, rather than just being limited to tickets. With a date table you can also get more sophisticated and have Y/N columns for MTD, YTD, Last Month, etc.
If you don't have a date table, =if([TicketCompletionDate]>=NOW()-1,"N","Y") will do the same thing, but just for ticket completions.
What you can do - is add a calculated column "TimePassed" which will be calculated as Now()-TicketDate
And use this as a filter in report
Idanco - forgive me if I misunderstand you - but I don't see how this would address my issue. NOW() - TicketDate would return different values for each ticket.
I have the right calculation (NOW() - 1). It returns exactly what I need, I just need to learn how to make the report only return values that are on or before NOW() - 1.
Would love some other suggestions!
Measures cannot be added to Page filter.
Options you have are:
- Control the data in the Get Data query, to limit it to get only rows that you want into the data model
- As previously mentioned, create a calcuated column that will flag all the rows that are not today. Something like =IF(NOW() - TicketDate)='12/30/1899',"N","Y"). Use this flag to filter the report
Ideally, I would go with option 1
