Using card as a measure?

[ckserra33]

Hi everyone.  I am VERY new to PBI so I may be stating some things incorrectly.  I am making a part usage report for our warehouse and I am trying to calculate the per day usage of each part.  So if I slice the report for 30 days, and use 60 of a single part, the value would be 2.  I am having trouble understanding how and where to capture that date.  I have a card displaying the number of distinct days being sliced.  A collegue told me to chack out using a variable but I am not ubderstanding that part just yet.  I think once I can get that value somewhere I can do the rest of the calculations.

Thanks

Chris

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @ckserra33 ,

You could use SELECTEDVALUE function - DAX | Microsoft Learn to catch the single value in slicer, or use VALUES function (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Learn to catch multiple values in slicer.

Also take a look at MIN function (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Learn and MAX function (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Learn.

Best Regards,

Jay

[TomMartens]

Hey @ckserra33 ,

I have to admit that I cannot follow, for this reason read this thread: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/m-p/1891875#M7259...

It demands a lot, maybe start simple and describe how your data looks like by providing sample data (use an Excel file). If you are wondering how to share the Excel file, upload the file to onedrive, google drive, or dropbox, and share the link. 

Here you will find an introduction into Power BI: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/

Regards,

Tom