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Anonymous
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5 years ago

active users over a period

Hi, I have a requirement where i need to find the count of active user per month/Qtr/Year based on slicer selection from the sample data attached here.The active or inactive status is described by F...
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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Sorry for the confusion.I fixed that application name inconsistency.Here is where i am currently in the model with just headcount calculated but i dont know how to calculate the costs per application.I have referred to plenty of resources earlier for a month but no luck in designing this with the budget fact as the granularity is different.I have been unsuccessful in building correct relationships betwen tables to get this working.

To answer your Q:

Which visual are you planning to use fo that, and when does the budget come into play?

There is an amount budgeted for each application forecast upto 2023.Requirement is to find how much is per user cost per application on a given month at lowest level,then roll up to qtr,year.The per user cost is budget amount /headcount

 

I also felt since there are 2 facts- usage and budget,i am not sure how to get the costs.I couldnt do facts consolidation as well.

I will be really grateful to you and happy if you can help me with the cost measure.

Attaching the model with the fixes.I just created a calculated table Budget_F with monthly granularity to try something,so pls ignore if it is not required.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16rCk0jSJwZ25fDCZbsVzp0yYxk0kU4LZ/view?usp=sharing 

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lbendlin
Super User
5 years ago

Having a monthly budget number will help if you can also to have month based user license terms. 

 

How likely is it for users to have start or end dates within a month, and can that be ignored? Say the factual start date is September 20 but for the report it would be treated as September 1?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    The factual start date will always be month begining and the end date will never be within the month.

    Example of use case in the dataset-

    User John started on Jan 2020,and quits by Jul 2020.

    The he is rehired in Oct 2020 and stays until Dec 2023.

     

    Thanks a lot for looking into it.Please help with this request.

    • lbendlin's avatar
      lbendlin
      Super User
      5 years ago

      Attached is the modified pbix.  I modified the data model and prepared the budget measure but will leave it as an exercise for you to decide what to do with the totals and how to handle periods other than months.  Calculating total active users across applications doesn't make much sense to me.

       

      Please also note the changes that I made to simplify some of your calculated columns.

       

       

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        5 years ago

        Thanks a lot for your help.Really appreciate it.I will look your solution and get back for any Qs.

    • v-lionel-msft's avatar
      v-lionel-msft
      Community Support
      5 years ago

      Hi Anonymous ,

       

      Has your problem been solved?

      If not , what is the expected output of the matrix when the slicer selects ‘2020-05’?

       

       

      Best regards,
      Lionel Chen

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