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Anonymous
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Table with Column and Row identifiers

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

 

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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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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

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

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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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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

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

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