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Anonymous
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syntax Error - Filter = Hitting head

Hi All, 

 

I am trying to write a Measure that converts seconds to hours and then filters by date updated in the last 30 days.

So far I am getting a syntax error on the filter and no matter what I try it just keeps failing.

Any suggestions welcomed:

 

Measure 3 = CALCULATE(SUM('CD'[Column1.fields.timeestimate] ) /3600)
FILTER(((CD[Column1.fields.updated.1]),'CD'[Column1.fields.updated.1] >= TODAY() - 30)
 
 
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Icey
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Try this:

Measure 3 =
CALCULATE (
    SUM ( 'CD'[Column1.fields.timeestimate] ) / 3600,
    DATESINPERIOD (
        CD[Column1.fields.updated.1],
        LASTDATE ( CD[Column1.fields.updated.1] ),
        -30,
        DAY
    )
)

measure1.PNGmeasure2.PNG
Best Regards
Icey

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Icey
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Try this:

Measure 3 =
CALCULATE (
    SUM ( 'CD'[Column1.fields.timeestimate] ) / 3600,
    DATESINPERIOD (
        CD[Column1.fields.updated.1],
        LASTDATE ( CD[Column1.fields.updated.1] ),
        -30,
        DAY
    )
)

measure1.PNGmeasure2.PNG
Best Regards
Icey

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

d_gosbell
Super User
Super User

So your brackets are not matching. You've closed the CALCULATE before the FILTER and there is an extra opening bracket on the FILTER() call that does not have a matching closing bracket.

 

Also you can't do a filter directly on a column you need to filter a table or a table expression, so you'd need to wrap the reference to CD[Column1.fields.updated.1] at the start of your Filter expression in something like ALL() or VALUES()

 

So hopefully the following should work:

Measure 3 = CALCULATE(SUM('CD'[Column1.fields.timeestimate] ) /3600,
FILTER( ALL(CD[Column1.fields.updated.1]),'CD'[Column1.fields.updated.1] >= TODAY() - 30))

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