Dax Date Table not going to full range -- Bug or I am losing my mind, or both

[charleshale]

Dear community forum - Either I'm losing my mind, there's a bug, or both.

Check this out: the simple dax date table generator I often use is the following -- a classic recommended by folks like my heros at SQLBI or many regular super contributors of this board (like @amitchandak or @Greg_Deckler -- if I ever log on and DONT see you, I will be worried 🙂  ).

DimDate = 
VAR MINYEAR = 2000 // normally use a dynamic reference like //  YEAR (  MIN( fGL[Date] ) )
VAR MAXYEAR = 2025 // but for QA purposes fixing a value    //    YEAR (  MAX ( fGL[Date]) )
RETURN
ADDCOLUMNS (
    FILTER (
        CALENDARAUTO( ),
        AND ( YEAR ( [DATE] ) >= MINYEAR, YEAR ( [DATE] ) <= MAXYEAR )
    ),
"DateAsInteger", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMMDD" ),
"Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
"Monthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "MM" ),
"YearMonthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/MM" ),
"YearMonthShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/mmm" ),
"MonthNameShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),
"MonthNameLong", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
"DayOfWeekNumber", WEEKDAY ( [Date] ),
"DayOfWeek", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
"DayOfWeekShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "ddd" ),
"DayNumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "d" ),
"Quarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
"YearQuarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & "/Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" )
)

The date table that gets returned should go through the MAXYEAR, or 2025, but instead the date table returns only through 12/31/2021, as below.  What black magic has infected my DAX, my system, my brain, or all of the above?  

(I'd meant to post on something more interesting like Treatas with virtual tables, but can't get past this bizarre occurrence.   Would greatly appreciate any help / mental counseling)

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

@charleshale I would not use CALENDARAUTO, it analyzes your data model and only returns the min and max date range it finds. I would use CALENDAR instead like:

DimDate = 
VAR MINYEAR = 2000 // normally use a dynamic reference like //  YEAR (  MIN( fGL[Date] ) )
VAR MAXYEAR = 2025 // but for QA purposes fixing a value    //    YEAR (  MAX ( fGL[Date]) )
RETURN
ADDCOLUMNS (
    FILTER (
        CALENDAR(DATE(MINYEAR,1,1),DATE(MAXYEAR,12,31)),
        AND ( YEAR ( [DATE] ) >= MINYEAR, YEAR ( [DATE] ) <= MAXYEAR )
    ),
"DateAsInteger", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMMDD" ),
"Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
"Monthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "MM" ),
"YearMonthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/MM" ),
"YearMonthShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/mmm" ),
"MonthNameShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),
"MonthNameLong", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
"DayOfWeekNumber", WEEKDAY ( [Date] ),
"DayOfWeek", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
"DayOfWeekShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "ddd" ),
"DayNumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "d" ),
"Quarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
"YearQuarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & "/Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" )

[charleshale]

Amazing, @Greg_Decker, you've nailed it.  This eliminates the error.  Thank you.  Nice work as always!