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Analitika
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Function 'DATEADD' expects a contiguous selection when the date column comes from a table on the 1-s

I have table

 

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Calendar table

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relations

 

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Mesures

_YTD = CALCULATE ( [_Y], DATESYTD ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) )
_YTD, LY = CALCULATE ( [_YTD], DATEADD ( 'Calendar'[Date],-1,YEAR ) )
 
 Third graph have 
When i select one year it work ok
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But if select more than one year i got error
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Error Message:
MdxScript(Model) (8, 47) Calculation error in measure 'tbl_PL'[_YTD, LY]: Function 'DATEADD' expects a contiguous selection when the date column comes from a table on the 1-side of a bi-directional relationship.
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Anonymous
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@Analitika  Hey Mate,

Can you create a bridge table by using this .

Choose New table then  use below function .

 

qtr Table = values(calender [yearqtr])

then create a relationship between both table using this . 

 

If required more help then visit this for more info

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-many-to-many-relationships 

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