Filter user calculated values by month

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I currently have a table/chart which shows a number of fields which contain the outcome from comparing 2 custom date fields. It seems to be working well with the exception of there is no breakdown per month.

I have confirmed that the values are actually different each month but cannot work out how to actually show this in my table and charts.

This is the data currently:

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Completed Before Required is:
NonZero(
Count(
Filter([Issue].Members,
/NOT IsEmpty([Measures].[Issue Actual Completion Date])/
[Measures].[Issue status]=“Completed”
AND
DateCompare([Measures].[Issue Actual Completion Date],
[Measures].[Issue Required Date])<=0
)
)
)

Completed After Required is:
NonZero(
Count(
Filter([Issue].Members,
/NOT IsEmpty([Measures].[Issue Actual Completion Date])/
[Measures].[Issue status]=“Completed”
AND
DateCompare([Measures].[Issue Actual Completion Date],
[Measures].[Issue Required Date])>0
)
)
)

What do I need to add to get this broken down into a monthly total rather than the same values for each month which will grow over time.

Thank you in advance for any help on this.

2

Hi @R_J,
​
​The reason for the same figure appearing on all months is that the current expression is in no way related to the Time dimension.
​You might link the expression to the report context by using some genuine measure within the expression or to the Time dimension using some issue property that relates to [Time].CurrentHierarchyMember.
​
​You might try using the measure [Measures].[Issues with Actual Completion Date] to filter issues against all dimensions in the report context.
​You might as well convert the Count() to Sum() and use the genuine measure to check the relation to the report context.

​​An alternative is to check if the “Actual Completion Date” falls within the current time period by using the following condition.
​

​AND
DateInPeriod(
 ​[Issue].CurrentHierarchyMember.Get('Actual Completion Date'),
 ​[Time].CurrentHierarchyMember)​

​
​One more improvement is to iterate through a reduced dataset of issues instead of full iteration through all issues in the data cube for each cell.
​You might put the Isuse dimension on report rows to allow the selection of relevant Projects. Then, you might benefit from the following construction when creating the set of issues.
​

DescendantsSet(
 [Issue].CurrentHierarchyMember,
 [Issue].[Issue])

​
One more step is to create several layers of conditions so that “heavier” or “slower” conditions are only executed on a reduced dataset.
​
​​So, the suggested expression for finding the issues completed within the displayed month and earlier or on the Required Date might be as follows.

Sum(
--filter the relevant issues only
 Filter(
--create set of issues within selected projects
  DescendantsSet(
   [Issue].CurrentHierarchyMember,
   [Issue].[Issue]),
--filter conditions for individual issues
--primary condition - completed within the period - based on issue properties
  DateInPeriod(
    [Issue].CurrentHierarchyMember.Get('Actual Completion Date'),
    [Time].CurrentHierarchyMember)
  AND
--another primary condition - issue current status - based on issue properties
  [Measures].[Issue status]="Completed"
 ),
--numeric value for sum
--secondary condition - issue completed early or on time
--executed on reduced dataset
  CASE WHEN
    DateCompare(
     [Measures].[Issue Actual Completion Date],
     [Measures].[Issue Required Date])<=0
  THEN
-- genuine measure to check relevance to report context
   [Measures].[Issues with Actual Completion Date]  
  END
)

​
​The “CompletedAfter” would use a different comparison on line 23.
​
​Regards,

​​Oskars / support@eazyBI.com

3

All makes sense and exactly what I am after.

Appreciate the help, I am still learning the in’s and out’s and this explanation is perfect.

Thank you