Hey All,
I have a column with values and a column with dates (image below). I'm trying to create a simple measure calculating the YTD sum of the values. I tried the following measure:
but I get the following error:
I've tried many diffrent variations of this calculation but keep getting the same error.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks:)
Hi @akkitek ,
You can try to change the formula to the following form:
ODC Expense YTD =
CALCULATE(SUM('FACT_Fin_Data_by_Mo'[ODC Expense]),
FILTER(ALL('Calendar'),'Calendar'[Date]<=TODAY()&&'Calendar'[Date]>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),1,1)))Result：
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
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The YTD measure will work only if you select a Date dimension. Download my PBI file from here.
Hope this helps.
@akkitek for time intelligence, it is a best practice to add a calendar dimension in your model, and you can follow my blog post here to add one and then use Date column from this dimension in TOTALYTD DAX function.
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