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Using a Table with Multiple Date Fields
Ah, the good-old multiple dates problem 🙂
Depending on your use case (what do you want to achieve) there might be variety of possible solutions (each and every requires measures to write):
1. Creating Multiple Inactive Relationships and specify relation (USERELATION) for each measure => e.g:
Volume of projects (BY DATE COMPLETED) = Calculate(COUNT(Projects[Id],USERELATIONSHIP(Calendar[Date],Projects[CompletedDate])
2. Do not use relationship at all but use filter in each measure:
Volume of projects (BY DATE COMPLETED) = Calculate(COUNT(Projects[Id], CompletedDate <= Max(Calendar[Date]) && CompletedDate >= Min(Calendar[Date])
The second approach is more flexible allowing for combining dates conditions.
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There are more solutions, each depending on your use case. Can you paste the mockup of the report and explanation of how slicer should work?
Hey jeremic_nikola thanks for the response, here are the tables I'm working with:
Project Table
| Project Name | Client | Estimated Hours | Working Hours | Project Manager | Requested Completion Date | Initiation Date | Completion Date |
| Apple | Apple1 | 15 | 21 | Joe | 10/1/2023 | 9/1/2023 | 10/5/2023 |
| Orange | Orange1 | 35 | 48 | Jane | 8/30/2023 | 7/15/2023 | 9/15/2023 |
| Banana | Banana1 | 5 | 4 | Bob | 11/1/2023 | 8/15/2023 | 10/25/2023 |
Here is a snippet of my calendar table
| Date | Year | Month Name | MMM | Month | Day Name | DDD | Day of Week | YYMM | MonthID | Working Day | Start | End |
| 1/1/2021 | 2021 | January | Jan | 1 | Friday | Fri | 6 | 2101 | 373 | 1 | 1/1/21 8:00 AM | 1/1/21 5:00 PM |
| 1/4/2021 | 2021 | January | Jan | 1 | Monday | Mon | 2 | 2101 | 373 | 1 | 1/4/21 8:00 AM | 1/4/21 5:00 PM |
| 1/5/2021 | 2021 | January | Jan | 1 | Tuesday | Tues | 3 | 2101 | 373 | 1 | 1/5/21 8:00 AM | 1/5/21 5:00 PM |
I am intending for the slicer to work universally. It will be a between dates slicer, and all graphs in the canvas that use dates should be controlled by the two between dates of this single slicer.
I am hoping to do more than just volumn, and to work with data that relates to the project managers, clients, etc.
Ok and how your report should look like?
When you choose dates, shoud the filter behave like OR condition between any of the dates?What do you mean by universally?
- could you clarify what you mean for this first question?
- i'm intending to have a slicer where I select any two dates and all charts will only represent data between those two dates. for example a chart showing volume of projects based on completion date over time would show only between dates A and B in the slicer, and an ajacent chart showing volumn of projects based on initiation date over time would also onnly show between dates A and B.
Oh that - this is easy - just apply solution 1 (by specifying USERELATIONSHIP in measures) and you will get it:
CHART 1 - This Measure: Volume of projects (BY DATE COMPLETED) = Calculate(COUNT(Projects[Id],USERELATIONSHIP(Calendar[Date],Projects[CompletedDate])
CHART 2 - This Measure: Volume of projects (BY DATE INITIATED) = Calculate(COUNT(Projects[Id],USERELATIONSHIP(Calendar[Date],Projects[InitiatedDate])
....So, to summarize:
1. Create INACTIVE Relationships between Calendar Date and each date column you want to do breakdowns
2. Create MEASURES for each chart you want (by completed date, initiation date etc...)
3. Put respective measures in respective charts4. Put ONE Slicer with Calendar Date
5. Enjoy....