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Formelspråket som används i Power BI heter DAX. Språket utgörs av ett stort antal funktioner med konstanter och operatorer vilka används i formler och uttryck för att beräkna ett eller flera värden. DAX skapar helt enkelt ny information utifrån data som redan finns i din datamodell.

Funktionerna i DAX delar vi in i följande grupper: DATETIME, FILTER, INFO, LOGICAL, MATHTRIG, PARENTCHILD, STATISTICAL, TEXT, TIMEINTELLIGENCE samt OTHER.

DAX Function: CALENDARAUTO

Reference group: DATETIME

Har du dagar du inte har några ingående transaktioner t ex försäljning, inköp, tidregistrering mm men har behov att kunna selektera ut eller visualisera dessa dagar? Då behöver du ha en datumtabell med alla periodens dagar kopplad till din datamodell.

Power BI har dessutom många fördefinierade datumfunktioner för att underlätta beräkningar över tid. För att kunna utnyttja dessa funktioner på ett optimalt och funktionellt sätt behöver du även här ha en datumtabell.
 
Datumtabellen kan genereras i Power BI med DAX-funktionen CALENDARAUTO. Funktionen hämtar automatiskt start- och slut-datum i din befintliga datamodell. Tabellen som genereras löper kontinuerligt från tidigaste till senaste datum i datamodellen utan ”glapp” mellan datum. Detta är ett krav för att de fördefinierade datumfunktionerna skall fungera på bästa sätt.

Det finns ytterligare en DAX-funktion i Power BI som genererar en datumtabell men den berör vi inte i den här bloggen. CALENDARAUTO-funktionen hittar du i referensgruppen DATETIME.


CALENDARAUTO function (DAX)

CALENDARAUTO-funktionen returnerar en tabell med en enda kolumn som heter Date som innehåller ett sammanhängande datumintervall. Datumintervallet beräknas automatiskt baserat på redan förekommande datum i datamodellen. Med  CALENDARAUTO-funktionen är det även möjligt att ta hänsyn till om finansiellt år inte stämmer överens med kalenderåret.

Syntax: CALENDARAUTO([fiscal_year_end_month])

Exempel 1

I exemplet nedan visar vi hur du skapar en datumtabell, Datum 1, med start- och slut-datum hämtat i datamodellen. Kolumnen får automatiskt namnet Date. Finansiellt år och kalenderår är samma. Av utrymmesskäl visar vi bara de 7 första respektive de 7 sista datum i tabellen.

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Finansårets stoppmånad lämnas tom i detta exempel eftersom finansiellt år och kalenderår är samma.

För att skapa datumtabellen Datum 1 med kolumnen Date använder vi följande syntax:

DATUM 1 = CALENDARAUTO()

Exempel 2

I exemplet nedan visar vi hur du skapar en datumtabell, Datum 2, med start- och slut-datum hämtat i datamodellen. Kolumnen får automatiskt namnet Date. Finansiellt år och kalenderår är inte samma. Finansiellt år löper från 1/7 till 30/6. Av utrymmesskäl visar vi även här bara de 7 första respektive de 7 sista datum i tabellen. 

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Flera DATETIME funktioner (DAX)

Ovan har du fått exempel på hur du kan använda CALENDARAUTO-funktionen för att skapa en datumtabell. Det finns ytterligare 21 DATETIME-funktioner i Power BI.

Vill du veta mer vilka DATETIME-funktioner som finns i Power BI kan du ladda ner vår Power BI applikation som visar alla DATETIME funktioner. För att kunna använda Power BI applikationen behöver du ha Power BI Desktop installerad på din dator. Power BI Desktop är gratis och kan laddas ner här.

Vi kan naturligtvis hjälpa till med installation och att komma igång med PBI.

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