Finding numbers of employees at particular date

[tobiasmcbride]

Hi,

I have the following data on headcount.

Name	Position	Start Date	End Date	Current Status
Joe Bloggsd	Head of Marketing	21/02/2017		Established
Noah Anyone	Head of Operations	21/06/2017	20/07/2019	Left
Joe Bloggs Jnr	VP Marketing	21/07/2018	20/01/2020	Transfer Out

I want to be able to calculate the number of employees we had at a particular date. This would ideally be one filter that I could select a date from and it would give me the total number of employees at that date, that includes those who are currently established, who had just started, who have since left etc. I.e. just a date filter that enables me to say - So at 31st March 2019 how many people did we have in the business, where were they and what were they doing?

Easy enough for those estabslihed but need to include those who have since left but were established employees at that time.

Many thanks.

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi @tobiasmcbride ,

You can refer to this blog:https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/HR-Analytics-Active-Employee-Hire-and-Termination-tr... 

Best Regards,
Liang
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[Mariusz]

Hi @tobiasmcbride 

Please see the attached file with a solution that creates an extra table in Power Query that expands your dates.

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[az38]

Hi @tobiasmcbride 

it depends on you data model

it will be like

Measure = 
CALCULATE(Countrows('Headcount'); FILTER(ALL('Headcount'); 'Headcount'[StartDate] <= SELECTEDVALUE([Date]) && (ISBLANK('Headcount'[EndDate]) || 'Headcount'[EndDate] >= SELECTEDVALUE([Date]))

the best practice is to create a calendar table like 

CalendarTable = CALENDARAUTO()

and then dd a measure above

[tobiasmcbride]

Hi,

Still can't get this @az38 to work - can you check the formula again and assist?

[amitchandak]

@tobiasmcbride 

@V-lianl-msft has suggested the solution, which should fit in your required. In case you do not have a join between strat date and date table, then try the second formula

Current Employees = CALCULATE(COUNTx(FILTER(Employee,Employee[Start Date]<=max('Date'[Date]) 
				&& (ISBLANK(Employee[End Date]) || Employee[End Date]>max('Date'[Date])))
				,(Employee[Employee Id ])),CROSSFILTER(Employee[Start Date],'Date'[Date],None))
				
Current Employees = CALCULATE(COUNTx(FILTER(Employee,Employee[Start Date]<=max('Date'[Date]) 
				&& (ISBLANK(Employee[End Date]) || Employee[End Date]>max('Date'[Date])))
				,(Employee[Employee Id ])))

[tobiasmcbride]

OK so when I try that it states that the function "selected value' has been used in a true/false expression that is used as a table filter expressxion. this is not allowed?