Chapter 10. Working with Dates and Time Intelligence
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
Creating a date table in Visual Studio
Using the CALENDAR function
Modifying the date table with the YEAR function
Modifying the date table to include month data
Using the NOW and TODAY functions
Using the DATEDIFF function
Using the WEEKDAY function
Understanding time intelligence
Using the FIRSTDATE function
Using the PARALLELPERIOD function
Calculating Year over Year Growth
Using the OPENINGBALANCEMONTH function
Using the OPENINGBALANCEYEAR function
Using the CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH function
Using the CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR function
Using the TOTALYTD function
Introduction
DAX includes many functions that enable you to aggregate and compare data over time periods. ...
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