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Frequent Visitor

4 years ago

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Wrong sum with Lastdate

I have forecast table with monthly basis forecasts. Forecasts only show current month and future dates. So I need to calculate last sums from previous forecasts. My measure is currently: CALCULA...

SuppiLo
4 years ago
Thanks for the reply.
That didn't help since I didn't know how to calculate history dates.

I ended with this measure:
CALCULATE(
SUM ( Forecast[Plan] ),
FILTER( Forecast, Forecast[ForecastFileDate] = Forecast[Date] )
)
Then I summed future dates from latest file and now totals work correctly.

Community Champion

4 years ago

SuppiLo This looks like a measure totals problem. Very common. See my post about it here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376

Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907

Frequent Visitor

4 years ago

Thanks for the reply.

That didn't help since I didn't know how to calculate history dates.

I ended with this measure:

CALCULATE(

SUM ( Forecast[Plan] ),

FILTER( Forecast, Forecast[ForecastFileDate] = Forecast[Date] )

)

Then I summed future dates from latest file and now totals work correctly.

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