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Shiqi_C
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4 years ago
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Special date parameters

Hi,   I'm trying to create a user input date that serves the same purpose as the screenshot below in excel.   I've come across the what-if parameter, but this is beyond my knowledge of power bi. ...
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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    4 years ago

    Shiqi_C , Create an independent date table and take a slicer from that

     

    then create a measure like 


    measure =

    var _cnt = countrows(filter(Table, Table[Intial Date]<= seletedvalues('Date'[Date]) && (Table[End Date] >= seletedvalues('Date'[Date]) || isblank(Table[End Date] ) ) ) )
    return
    if(isblank(_cnt), "N", "Y")

     

  • Shiqi_C's avatar
    Shiqi_C
    4 years ago

    Hi Amit

     

    Thanks for the quick response Amit, this is really helpful.

     

    After a few tries on my hand, I managed to show the data correctly. The only thing is that I can only apply this measure for each visual rather than on the whole page. I'm using May 2020 version of power bi.

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amitchandak
Super User
4 years ago

Shiqi_C , Create an independent date table and take a slicer from that

 

then create a measure like 


measure =

var _cnt = countrows(filter(Table, Table[Intial Date]<= seletedvalues('Date'[Date]) && (Table[End Date] >= seletedvalues('Date'[Date]) || isblank(Table[End Date] ) ) ) )
return
if(isblank(_cnt), "N", "Y")

 

  • Shiqi_C's avatar
    Shiqi_C
    Frequent Visitor
    4 years ago

    Hi Amit

     

    Thanks for the quick response Amit, this is really helpful.

     

    After a few tries on my hand, I managed to show the data correctly. The only thing is that I can only apply this measure for each visual rather than on the whole page. I'm using May 2020 version of power bi.