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I have the total number (108) and i want to subtract it with the value i have every quarter. (I can have the total number as a Column or as measure.) My problem is that I want to use the "Count by quarter", which is giving me the total amount of items that need to be subtracted. The way the report is builded, i have the same number for every record. What i want to have at the end is
Total = 108
Q4 2022 = 7
New Total = 108-7 = 101
Q1 2023 = 17
New total = 101-17= 84
etc
Any idea how can i do it with DAX or some other method?
Thank you in advance
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @Mr_Indy ,
We need a column like [Index] or [YearQuarter] to sort your [QT] column. Here I suggest you to create a DimDate table by dax.
DimDate =
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( DATE ( 2022, 01, 01 ), DATE ( 2023, 12, 31 ) ),
"Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
"Month", MONTH ( [Date] ),
"Quarter", QUARTER ( [Date] ),
"QT",
"Q" & ""
& FORMAT ( [Date], "Q YYYY" ),
"QY",
YEAR ( [Date] ) * 100
+ QUARTER ( [Date] )
)
Relationship:
Then you can try this code to create a calcualted column.
Rolling subtraction by quarter =
VAR _STEP1 =
SUMMARIZE (
ALL ( 'Table' ),
'Table'[Burndown],
'Table'[Count by quarter],
'Table'[QT],
"QY", CALCULATE ( MAX ( DimDate[QY] ) )
)
VAR _STEP2 =
ADDCOLUMNS (
_STEP1,
"Rolling subtraction by quarter",
108
- SUMX ( FILTER ( _STEP1, [QY] <= EARLIER ( [QY] ) ), [Count by quarter] )
)
RETURN
SUMX (
FILTER ( _STEP2, [QT] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[QT] ) ),
[Rolling subtraction by quarter]
)
Result is as below.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @Mr_Indy ,
We need a column like [Index] or [YearQuarter] to sort your [QT] column. Here I suggest you to create a DimDate table by dax.
DimDate =
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( DATE ( 2022, 01, 01 ), DATE ( 2023, 12, 31 ) ),
"Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
"Month", MONTH ( [Date] ),
"Quarter", QUARTER ( [Date] ),
"QT",
"Q" & ""
& FORMAT ( [Date], "Q YYYY" ),
"QY",
YEAR ( [Date] ) * 100
+ QUARTER ( [Date] )
)
Relationship:
Then you can try this code to create a calcualted column.
Rolling subtraction by quarter =
VAR _STEP1 =
SUMMARIZE (
ALL ( 'Table' ),
'Table'[Burndown],
'Table'[Count by quarter],
'Table'[QT],
"QY", CALCULATE ( MAX ( DimDate[QY] ) )
)
VAR _STEP2 =
ADDCOLUMNS (
_STEP1,
"Rolling subtraction by quarter",
108
- SUMX ( FILTER ( _STEP1, [QY] <= EARLIER ( [QY] ) ), [Count by quarter] )
)
RETURN
SUMX (
FILTER ( _STEP2, [QT] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[QT] ) ),
[Rolling subtraction by quarter]
)
Result is as below.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Thank you Rico, it worked like a charm!
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