I am trying to get data insights of my calendar through visualizations in PowerBI. I am able to get almost all data from my outlook calendar using in-house API in PowerBI. I intend to find how many conflicting meetings I have per week, but I couldn't find any flag column for that. I'm trying to use time slicers to generate a what-if parameter to calculate a flag, but it doesn't work. Is there any way I can track conflicting meetings?
The data I have relative to meetings is as below -
You could add a Calculated Column to the dataset, with a formula like this:
Conflicting =
VAR StartDate = 'Calendar'[Start]
VAR EndDate = 'Calendar'[End]
VAR IDCurrent= 'Calendar'[Id]
RETURN
IF (
COUNTROWS(
FILTER (
ALL('Calendar');
'Calendar'[Start] < EndDate &&
'Calendar'[End] > StartDate &&
'Calendar'[Id] <> IDCurrent
)
) > 0; TRUE(); FALSE())
This formula checkes if there are different rows within the same date range.
You can adjust the date comparions based on your needs. I've got the logic from this post and removed the equal signs, to prevent contiguous items marked as overlapping.
The Id column is the Unique Identifier (like a unique, primairy key) automaticly provided by Exchange Online. The filter on Id <> IDCurrent makes sure you're not mark the current row as overlapping, e.g. it searches for all rows exept the current one.:
Result:
Edit: The formula above results in a true/false value. You can easily remove the if statement, to count the conflicting appointements, but remember that the value will be counted twice (or more); for each conflicting appointment.
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I am creating a dashboard in Power BI. I have to report the executions of a process in a daily basis. When selecting one of these days, I want to create another calculated table based on the day selected (providing concrete information about the number of executions and hours) as it follows:
TABLE_B = FILTER(TABLE_A; TABLE_A[EXEC_DATE] = [dateSelected])
When [dateSelected] is previously calculated from the selected day as it follows:
dateSelected = FORMAT(FIRSTDATE(TABLE_A[EXEC_DATE]);"dd/MM/yyyy")
I tried a lot of alternatives as, for example, create individualy the year, month and day to later compare. I used the format in both sides of the comparation, but none of them works for me. The most of the cases it returns me the whole source table without any kind of filters. In other cases, it doesn't return anything. But, when I put a concrete day ...
TABLE_B = FILTER(TABLE_A; TABLE_A[EXEC_DATE] = "20/02/2019")
... it makes the filter correctly generating the table as I want.
Does someone know how to implement the functionality I am searching for?
Thanks in advance.
You're almost there Juan. You simply need to use dateSelected as a varialbe inside of your DAX query:
TABLE_B =
var dateSelected = FIRSTDATE(TABLE_A[EXEC_DATE])
return
FILTER(TABLE_A, TABLE_A[EXEC_DATE] = dateSelected)
Note that all my dates are formatted as Date so I didn't need to use a FORMAT function.
Here's the final result:
I admit that this behavior can be quite confusing! Here is a useful link that will help you understand Power BI's context:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Filtering-table-by-measures/td-p/131361
Let's treat option 1 as FILTER(TABLE_A; TABLE_A[EXEC_DATE] = "20/02/2019") and option 2 as FILTER(TABLE_A; TABLE_A[EXEC_DATE] = [dateSelected]). Quote from the post:
In option 1, in the filter function, you are iterating
over each row of your 'Table' (row context). In option 2, because you
are using a measure as part of the filter condition, this row context
is transformed into an equivalent filter context (context transition).
Using variables (...) is very convenient when you want to filter
a column based on the value of a measure but you don't want context
transition to apply.
I am new to power BI and stuck with an issue. I have my model as follows:
Date Dimension
Measurement Fact
The date column in Date Dimension is link to measuredate in Measurement Fact
Below is a sample data:
NB: In edit query, I have changed the type of measuredate to Date only.
I have tried the measure below but it doesn't work the way I want. It will sum all the values of the day but what I want is the last value of the day:
day_fuel_consumption =
CALCULATE (
SUM ( measurement[measurementvalue] ),
FILTER (
measurement,
measurement[metername] = "C-FUEL"
&& measurement[measuredate] = MAX ( measurement[measuredate] )
)
)
My Goal is to get 29242, i.e the last value of the day. Remember that measuredate is a Date field and not Datetime (I changed to Date field so that my Year and Month filter can work correctly). I have changed the type in edit query.
Changing your measure to use a variable could be the solution:
DFC =
var maxDate = MAX(measurement[measuredate])
return
CALCULATE(
SUM(measurement[measurementvalue]),
measurement[measuredate] = maxDate
)
However, you should keep the datetime format for measureDate. If you don't want to see the time stamp just change the format I power bi. Otherwise power bi will see two values with max date and sum them, instead of taking the last one.
Well, if you want to avoid creating a measure, you could drag the fields you are filtering over to the visual filters pane. Click your visual, and scroll a tiny bit and you will see the section I am referring to. From there, just drag the field you are trying to filter In this case, your value. Then select "Top N". It will allow you to select a top (number) or bottom (number) based on another field. Strange enough, it does allow you to do top value by top value. It doesn't make sense when you say it out loud, but it works all the same.
This will show you the top values for whatever value field you are trying to use. As an added bonus, you can show how little or how many you want, on the fly.
As far as DAX goes, I'm afraid I am a little DAX illiterate compared to some other folks that may be able to help you.
I had to create two separate measures as shown below for this to work as I wanted:
max_measurement_id_cf = CALCULATE(MAX(measurement[measurementid]), FILTER(measurement, measurement[metername] = "C-FUEL"))
DFC =
var max_id_cf = [max_measurement_id_cf]
return
CALCULATE(SUM(measurement[measurementvalue]), measurement[measurementid] = max_id_cf)
I have the table which looks something like this. I am trying to find a way to find status change per an account, e.g. if the current month the status is Written off but it was Active last month, the tag should be Newly written Off. Is it feasible in Power BI? I found PREVIOUSMONTH but it deals only with measures, not categorical values like I have.
this seems like a trivial problem, but I found out, that it's not easily solvable in PowerBI.
Before showing the way I solve this, I would recommend you to solve it prior to loading data to PowerBI (ie. in the data source).
If that is not possible here's what you should do:
(recommended) Create T-1 data column == column, which has the previous date for comparison (for you, its previous month or date):
T-1 date =
VAR __acc_id = TABLE[account_id]
VAR __date = TABLE[date]
RETURN
CALCULATE(MAX(TABLE[date]),FILTER(ALL(TABLE), TABLE[account_id] = __acc_id && TABLE[date] < __date))
The filter part of calculation "returns" part of the table, which has the same account_id as current row and smaller date then current row. After that, we simply select the max date, which should be the previous one.
This way, we find the biggest previous date for each account.
If you know what the previous date is, feel free to skip this step.
Prior to the creation of the status column itself, I would create a calculated column, which contains the previous status. The column should be calculated like this:
t-1 status=
var __acc_id = TABLE[account_id]
var tdate = TABLE[T-1 date] //CREATED IN PREVIOUS STEP OR YOUR PREVIOUS DATE METRIC(LIKE dateadd or previousmonth function)
return
CALCULATE(firstnonblank(TABLE[status]), FILTER(ALL(TABLE), TABLE[account_id]=__acc_id && table[date] = tdate))`
With the previous status column, we now have the current and previous status columns, which should be enough to correctly label the "rows" with simple if statement.
The calculated column formula might look something like this:
status_label = if(TABLE[status] == "Written off" && TABLE[t-1 status] == "active", "newly written off", "something else").
If simple IF isn't enough, have a look at switch statement
This sequence of steps should solve your issue, but I have to admit, it's not performance efficient. It would be better to solve it in PowerQuery, but sadly, I do not know how. Any solution using PowerQuery would be highly appreciated.
I'm trying to obtain the MAX of a particular column in a Power BI Report and place this as a new Measure within each ROW of the same dataset. Please see the example below.
Is this possible in DAX and via DirectQuery/LiveConnection? The report is pointing to a tabular model but due to outside factors the measure must be created in the report.
Thanks
You can accomplish this a few ways. Essentially, you need override the filter context so that the MAX function isn't just running over whatever slice you're showing in the visual. Using CALCULATE or the iterator function MAXX, set the wrap the table in the ALL() function to override the context and calculate max over all rows.
= CALCULATE(MAX([Calendar`Year]), ALL('Smithfield_Fiscal_Calendar'))
or
= MAXX(ALL('Smithfield_Fiscal_Calendar'), [Calendar`Year])
To get the breakout by date, you'll need to include a Date table in your model. PowerBI makes this possible with a few different DAX options. As an example, go to your Model tab, click 'New Table' and put in the following expression:
MyCalendar = CALENDAR(DATE(2019,1,1), DATE (2019,1,10))
This is a little trivial -- you'd want to use a useful range of dates but this one matches your example above. Next, add a column to [MyCalendar]
CalendarMonthYear = month([date]) & "-" & year([date])
Go to your budget table and add a similar field
BudgetMonthYear = month([date]) & "-" & year([date])
Go into your Model view and create a relationship between CalendarMonthYear and BudgetMonthYear. This will associate every date in the date table with the particular budget row from your budget table.
Hope it helps.
I am trying to add two currency columns in a calculated column but am getting a #NULL! error.
This seems pretty straightforward but its my first time doing this in SharePoint.
SharePoint 2010 with Excel Services available.
Have create List with required columns:
Approved Value column Type = Currency
Pending Value column Type = Currency
Total Value column
Calculated (calculation based on other columns)
Type = Currency
Formula: =[Approved Value]+[Pending Value]
The values in other columns are indeed currency, but the Total shows #NULL! for all items.
I can't see anything done incorrectly.
What should I be looking for to resolve this problem?
Try using the ISBLANK function to previously check if any of the value is null.
Reference: ISBLANK function
I ended up using NZ(Value, 0)
=NZ([Approved Value],0)+NZ([Pending Value],0)
Though not sure how NULLs ended up in field or why SharePoint couldn't deal with them without this special treatment.