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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
    9 years ago

    I get the same exact error message. 

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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...

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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!