Forum Discussion

bice_cold's avatar
bice_cold
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago
Solved

Payroll Number Semi-Monthly

I would like to create a column using dax that gives me a count of payroll, starting over each year and increasing semi-monthly on the 1st and 16th of each month. For example, the date table will sho...
Need Help
  • AlB's avatar
    AlB
    7 years ago

    Try this

    NewCol =
VAR Base_ = (2 * ( MONTH ( CalendarTable[Date] ) - 1 )) + 1
RETURN
SWITCH (TRUE ();
DAY ( CalendarTable[Date] ) < 16; Base_;
Base_ + 1
)
AlB's avatar
AlB
Community Champion
7 years ago

Try this

NewCol =
VAR Base_ = (2 * ( MONTH ( CalendarTable[Date] ) - 1 )) + 1
RETURN
SWITCH (TRUE ();
DAY ( CalendarTable[Date] ) < 16; Base_;
Base_ + 1
)
bice_cold's avatar
bice_cold
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago

This worked, thanks so much! I've never come across something like this before. It's a really interesting and creative solution.