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MojoGene
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9 years ago
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SAMERPERIODLASTYEAR - Non Contiguous Date Selection Error

I've read multiple posts on this error: "SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR expects a contiguous selection when the date column comes from a table on the 1-side of a bidirectional relationship." I am still baffled b...
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  • MojoGene's avatar
    MojoGene
    9 years ago

    I get the same exact error message. 

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bblais
Resolver III
9 years ago

How about this instead of using SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR:

 

Fees Billed SPLY = CALCULATE([Fees Billed YTD],DATEADD(Table_BasicCalendarUS[DateKey],-1,YEAR))
MojoGene's avatar
MojoGene
Post Patron
9 years ago

I get the same exact error message. 

  • bblais's avatar
    bblais
    Resolver III
    9 years ago

    I don't believe so or that it's necessary.  I just always make sure my PK is an actual date column and not a key like 20170401 or something like that, as I've found many of the DAX capabilities won't work correctly if you don't use a date column when relating tables. 

     

    The only other thing I can think of for you to check is to see if there are other roundabout relationships between the date table and another table that then joins back to your fact table directly or indirectly.  If there's any bi-directional relationship there, it might affect what you're trying to do even though your direct relationship between date and fact table is single...

  • zkazimov's avatar
    zkazimov
    Helper I
    8 years ago

    Hi Guys,

     

    I had same issue before and I found out that  as bblais mentioned, I had two tables havng relationship with dates table. Once I set corss filter direction single for both of them. problem was resolved.

  • MojoGene's avatar
    MojoGene
    Post Patron
    9 years ago

    Is there a method in Power BI to confirm that a table is marked as a date table?

  • brickhouse3539's avatar
    brickhouse3539
    Frequent Visitor
    8 years ago

    I had this issue and changing the sameperiodlastyear from my year-month column to the full date column as suggested solved the issue, thanks!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    This is what I did to solve the issue.

  • r_fioretti's avatar
    r_fioretti
    Helper I
    6 years ago

    I had the same issue.

    I had another table with an inactive relationship and still couldn't get a month over month view.

    I only had it solved after delete the inactive relationship between the date table and other table.