Dynamically get last date of user or category

[Anonymous]

Hi.

So I have a table where every time a user logs into the app, the date (a timestamp) is recorded. A rough is example is this:

user_id	date_login
1	9/1/2021
1	9/1/2021
1	9/2/2021
1	9/3/2021
2	9/3/2021
2	9/4/2021
1	9/4/2021
1	9/4/2021
3	9/4/2021
3	9/5/2021
3	9/6/2021
1	9/6/2021
2	9/6/2021
2	9/7/2021
2	9/7/2021

What I want to achieve is have a calculated column or measure called last_login that updates to the last date a user opened the app. So from my example, user_id 1 will have the last_login as 9/6/2021 and if he opens the app again the next day, it updates to that date.

How do I best do that exactly? My thoughts went to a measure because calculated columns aren't dynamic, or am I off here?

Much appreciated.

[v-eqin-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

You could simply change the summarization type of date_login like this:

Or create measures:

Last login date1 = LASTDATE('Table'[date_login])

Last login date2 = MAXX(FILTER('Table','Table'[user_id]=MAX('Table'[user_id])),[date_login])

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin
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[parry2k]

@Anonymous just add a simple measure like this and in the visual, drop user column and the measure:

Last Date = MAX ( Table[DateTime] )

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[Jos_Woolley]

Hi,

With a measure:

Last Login =
CALCULATE (
    MAX ( MyTable[date_login] ),
    ALLEXCEPT ( MyTable, MyTable[user_id] )
)

Regards

[Chrisor0414]

thanks!!! you really help me with this solution!