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Hi everyone!, i have two tables:
Table 2021 that contains 17 days = 1/1/2021 to 17/1/2021
and Table 2020 that bring all January.
I want the % variation of a value in that period but i dont want to take all January from Table 2020, just 17 days.
I use dax calculation for take the variaton:
Any idea ?
Thanks!
Hi @Anonymous,
Can please share some dummy data with a similar data structure and expected results? It should help us clarify your data structure and test to coding formula.
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@Anonymous You need to add another filter to check that the day of month is less than or equal to today. Do you have a [Day] column in your date table? You can try the below, just switch [day] for the name of your column in your language.
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@Anonymous , refer these examples with time intelligence
MTD QTY forced=
var _max = today()
return
if(max('Date'[Date])<=_max, calculate(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESMTD('Date'[Date])), blank())
//or
//calculate(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESMTD('Date'[Date]),filter('Date','Date'[Date]<=_max))
//calculate(TOTALMTD(Sum('order'[Qty]),'Date'[Date]),filter('Date','Date'[Date]<=_max))
LYMTD QTY forced=
var _max = date(year(today())-1,month(today()),day(today()))
return
if(max('Date'[Date])<=_max, CALCULATE(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESMTD(dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,year)),'Date'[Date]<=_max), blank())
//OR
//CALCULATE(Sum('order'[Qty]),DATESMTD(dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,year)),'Date'[Date]<=_max)
//TOTALMTD(Sum('order'[Qty]),dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,year),'Date'[Date]<=_max)
To get the best of the time intelligence function. Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view. Also, join it with the date column of your fact/s. Refer :radacad sqlbi My Video Series Appreciate your Kudos.
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