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mikebi
2 years agoHelper III
YTD Calculation
Hello, Are these two measures the same and equivalent? Is there a reason to use one over the other? I think when I first started learning DAX I would write out my measures as in the Calc Measur...
- 2 years ago
mikebi I don't believe that they are equivalent. DATESYTD should bring back all of the dates for the current year and the second one only brings back dates for the same year but only if the month is less than the selected month. I personally wouldn't use either of them. Better Year to Date Total - Microsoft Fabric Community
Greg_Deckler
2 years agoCommunity Champion
mikebi I don't believe that they are equivalent. DATESYTD should bring back all of the dates for the current year and the second one only brings back dates for the same year but only if the month is less than the selected month. I personally wouldn't use either of them. Better Year to Date Total - Microsoft Fabric Community
mikebi
2 years agoHelper III
Hello,
I assume the purpose of the Union is to generate random data?
I like the solution.
Michael