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leo3690
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Using Datesbetween and Filter function

Hello all - I am new to Power BI and am trying to build a report that uses one of my filters that looks between two dates.  I have my filter built on the Dates table and want whatever is selected in that filter to see if that date is between my date in and date out that is located in my intake table.

 

Here is what I have so far but keep gettig an error. Error message is "DatesBetween and DatesInPeriod functions are only accepting date column reference as a first argument."

 

I sure would appreciate some help.  I have been banging my head against this all day.

 

CC = if(DATESBETWEEN(filter(DATES,DATES[DATE]),INTAKE[DATE IN],INTAKE[DATE OUT]),INTAKE[TOTAL IN] - INTAKE[TOTAL OUT],0)

 

 

I have two tables 

1) Intake

2) Dates

 

These tables have a 1 to many relationship and are joined by the column Date.

 

Here is what the Intake table looks like

DATE
09/26/2016
11/03/2016
02/11/2017
03/25/2017
02/13/2017
03/17/2017
03/25/2017
03/25/2017
03/25/2017

 

The Dates table has all dates to 2018

DATE
09/19/2016
09/20/2016
09/21/2016
09/22/2016
09/23/2016
09/24/2016
09/25/2016
09/26/2016

 

 

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leo3690
Regular Visitor

@Phil_Seamark - Thank you for taking a look at this and sorry I didn't give enough details.  Please let me know if this is enough and if not I can add more.

 

Intake Table does have more columns.  Here is an example:

 

CUSTOMER IDDATEDATE INDATE OUTTOTAL INTOTAL OUTTYPEPEN
100109/26/201609/26/2016 21 BULLS21
100110/5/201609/26/201610/5/2016 10BULLS21
100111/03/201609/26/201611/3/2016 1BULLS21
100102/11/201709/26/20162/11/2017 10BULLS21

 

Here is what I am trying to accomplish:  If I select a date range for Sept 2016 I want to get the current count of items for that time period.

 

Between Date FilterDate InDate OutCC
 9/1/20169/30/201621
 10/1/201610/31/201611
 11/1/201611/30/201610
 12/1/201612/31/201610
 1/1/20171/30/201710
 2/1/20172/10/201710
 2/1/20172/30/20170

 

 

 


@leo3690 wrote:

@Phil_Seamark - Thank you for taking a look at this and sorry I didn't give enough details.  Please let me know if this is enough and if not I can add more.

 

Intake Table does have more columns.  Here is an example:

 

CUSTOMER ID DATE DATE IN DATE OUT TOTAL IN TOTAL OUT TYPE PEN
1001 09/26/2016 09/26/2016   21   BULLS 21
1001 10/5/2016 09/26/2016 10/5/2016   10 BULLS 21
1001 11/03/2016 09/26/2016 11/3/2016   1 BULLS 21
1001 02/11/2017 09/26/2016 2/11/2017   10 BULLS 21

 

Here is what I am trying to accomplish:  If I select a date range for Sept 2016 I want to get the current count of items for that time period.

 

Between Date Filter Date In Date Out CC
  9/1/2016 9/30/2016 21
  10/1/2016 10/31/2016 11
  11/1/2016 11/30/2016 10
  12/1/2016 12/31/2016 10
  1/1/2017 1/30/2017 10
  2/1/2017 2/10/2017 10
  2/1/2017 2/30/2017 0

 

 

 


@leo3690

Try to create calculated columns

 

stock = Intake[TOTAL IN]-Intake[TOTAL OUT]

currrent count =
CALCULATE (
    SUM ( Intake[stock] ),
    FILTER (
        Intake,
        EARLIER ( Intake[CUSTOMER ID] ) = Intake[CUSTOMER ID]
            && Intake[DATE] <= EARLIER ( Intake[DATE] )
    )
)

 

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And then create a measure

 

CC =
CALCULATE (
    MAX ( Intake[currrent count] ),
    FILTER (
        Intake,
        Intake[DATE]
            = CALCULATE (
                LASTDATE ( Intake[DATE] ),
                FILTER ( Intake, Intake[DATE] <= MAX ( DATES[Date] ) )
            )
    )
)

 

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Check more details in the attached pbix.

 

Hi @Eric_Zhang

 

Is there any way to do this in Direct Query as in my query 

 

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Slicer-to-show-dates-between-on-stock-report/m-p/394930#M180...

 

Any help is much appreicated?

Thank you this worked.  I truly appreciate all the help.


@leo3690 wrote:

Thank you this worked.  I truly appreciate all the help.


@leo3690

Glad to hear that. If no further questions, could you accept the replies making sense to close this thread? For any question, feel free to let me know.

Phil_Seamark
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

HI @leo3690

 

Your Intake table only has one column in your sample data.  I take it from your formula your table has more columns,.

 

Also, I'm just trying to understand what you need.  Any chance you can post some more info - perhaps an expected outcome (mock up in Excel if need).


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