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DSwezey
Helper III
Helper III

Table with Column and Row identifiers

I have a table "Monthly Sales" that has the Sales Reps in rows and Months as Columns.

 

DSwezey_0-1636659423576.png

 

I need to calculate the current selected month sales amount per sales rep based on this data. The issue I am faced with is how do I tell Power Query that the columns are dates so I can write a measure to look for current selected month.

 

EX: If I selected a date of 10/20/2021 I would want to see the October amount for Nick and Hatcher.

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v-eqin-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @DSwezey ,

 

1.As @AlexisOlson  suggested, please click the Name column --> Select Unpivot other columns:

Eyelyn9_0-1637048829796.png

2. Create a date table, build relationships based on Month column.  (I have renamed the Attribute column to Month)

ForSlicer = ADDCOLUMNS( CALENDAR(DATE(2021,1,1),DATE(2021,12,31)),"Month", FORMAT([Date],"mmmm"))

Eyelyn9_1-1637049440242.png

Output:

Eyelyn9_2-1637049461010.png

 

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin
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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v-eqin-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @DSwezey ,

 

1.As @AlexisOlson  suggested, please click the Name column --> Select Unpivot other columns:

Eyelyn9_0-1637048829796.png

2. Create a date table, build relationships based on Month column.  (I have renamed the Attribute column to Month)

ForSlicer = ADDCOLUMNS( CALENDAR(DATE(2021,1,1),DATE(2021,12,31)),"Month", FORMAT([Date],"mmmm"))

Eyelyn9_1-1637049440242.png

Output:

Eyelyn9_2-1637049461010.png

 

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

AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

Unpivot the month columns to make the data easier to work with.

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