M Code count number of records for year to date

[Anonymous]

Hello, I would like to write M Code to count the number of records (in this case number of surveys) for the Year to Date. How would I write this? Thanks in advance.

[Peter_Beck]

If you use that fucntion you can't hard-code a year value. Instead, you need to use a column in your data that contains valid dates.

TOTALYTD(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>][,<year_end_date>])

So if you have a column that contains some transaction date for your data, put that column in where you currently have 2023.

Cheers,

Peter

[Anonymous]

Okay, when I do this (first photo), I find I get the same count as Month to Date. Note When I do [Date].[Year](second photo) in the second function it cannot display the video. 

[Peter_Beck]

I can't evaluate your data, but I think the problem is that (looking at your first screen-shot), you are attempting to accumulate a value of [Count of Survey Number By Month]. Try instead to base the calculation on counting the raw "Survey Number".

Consider asking this in the DAX forum, there are a lot of experts over there.

Cheers,

Peter 

[Peter_Beck]

Hi -

I am not sure I would use M to do that, have you considered creating a measure using DAX?

Cheers,

Peter

[Anonymous]

Well I guess I want to create a measure. That would be M Code, right?

[Peter_Beck]

M-code is more for the manipulation of the "shape" of your data - splitting tables in two, adding or renaming columns, that kind of thing. 

To create a measure you want to use DAX. Take a look at the TOTALYTD function.

Hope this helps,

Peter

[Anonymous]

Okay, thanks. Why doesn't my DAX code here seem to be working?