DATESYTD problem in PB Onpremises (Remote Server)

[F_Reh]

Good Afternoon,

I am making a duplicate copy version of a certain dashboard in PB Onpremises (Remote Server). It was originally made in the previous PB Desktop version.

My use of DATESYTD in a measure in the previous PB Desktop version gave no problems, but in the new version the measure(s) using DATESYTD does not give the required Running Total result:

Attendances FYTD = CALCULATE(Daily_Attendances[Total_Attendances],DATESYTD(DatesTable[Date],"31/3"))

Kindly advise

Regards

[Poojara_D12 · Accepted solution]

Hi @F_Reh 

Your DAX is almost correct - the issue is not the function itself, it’s how the year-end parameter is being interpreted in newer versions of Microsoft Power BI.

Change it to:

Attendances FYTD =
CALCULATE(
Daily_Attendances[Total_Attendances],
DATESYTD(DatesTable[Date], "03/31")
)

If it still misbehaves, then your issue is one of these (common in Report Server setups):

Your DatesTable is not marked as a Date Table

Relationship between DatesTable[Date] and fact table is broken/inactive

Daily_Attendances[Total_Attendances] is not a proper measure (should be SUM-based)

[v-priyankata]

Hi @F_Reh 

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Forum Community.

@Natarajan_M Thanks for the inputs.

I hope the information provided by user was helpful. If you still have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to the community.

[v-priyankata]

Hi @F_Reh 

Hope everything’s going smoothly on your end. I wanted to check if the issue got sorted. if you have any other issues please reach community.

[Natarajan_M]

Hi @F_Reh , In the solution I shared, I created the measure, but the screenshot appears to show values derived from a calculated column.

Thanks 

[F_Reh]

It is indeed a calculated column with Running Totals....It worked fine in the old Power BI Desktop version...The exact application of DATEYTD is inexplicably failing in the onpremises remote server version !

[F_Reh]

Unfortunately the Running Total is still not being calculated in spite of making the suggested change....The Onsite (Remote Server) version is 2.150.1926.0 64-bit (January 2026)

The Onsite (Remote Server) Version top rows looks like this (Descending). I have modified the measure to use "3/31":

Kind Regards

[Natarajan_M]

Hi @F_Reh , Could you share which version exactly ? also can you try whether the small change in the format is helping you to fix the error:
instead of this 
Attendances FYTD = CALCULATE(Daily_Attendances[Total_Attendances],DATESYTD(DatesTable[Date],"31/3"))

use 
Attendances FYTD = CALCULATE(Daily_Attendances[Total_Attendances],DATESYTD(DatesTable[Date],"3/31"))

I recreated the scenario with some sample data both the measures are working for me .

Data model :

Sample data :

Op:

File : 
Rag status.pbix


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