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Anonymous
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Calculate days between dates that cross months

Hi, 

I'm at an impass, I've got a table with the start and end date and a column that identifes the number of dates in between.

 

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I've written the following measure

Absence Days in Mth =

VAR firstDayOfMonth =

    MIN ( 'DateDimension'[Date] )

VAR lastDayOfMonth =

    MAX ( 'DateDimension'[Date]  )

RETURN

    SUMX (

        Absence,

        VAR s =

            MAX ( Absence[StartDate], firstDayOfMonth )

        VAR e =

            MIN (Absence[EndDate], lastDayOfMonth )

        RETURN

            IF ( s < e, DATEDIFF ( s-1, e, DAY ) )

    )

 

When I put this measure as a card on my report and then use the Month (date Table) as a filter I get the correct value for March of 4. For April I get 30 rather than 30 + 22 from the first row.

 

My date table is joined to the absence table on date - startdate.

 

How do I get this so it picks up the April figure of the first record when I filter for April.


TIA

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CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

In general, calendar table in such inteval calculations doesn't function as a dimension like other date-oriented analysis.

 

Tricky solution to the tricky question,

CNENFRNL_0-1650982922647.png


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

In general, calendar table in such inteval calculations doesn't function as a dimension like other date-oriented analysis.

 

Tricky solution to the tricky question,

CNENFRNL_0-1650982922647.png


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

Anonymous
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Thank you, thats worked perfectly.

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