LASTNONBLANK and MAX

[Elisa_E]

Hello,

I have a very large dataset with multiple entries per account per year. I need to pull a text variable (contractor) into a new table based on the last year in the dataset. The issue is that I have multiple entries for the same year for the same account. The variable I need to pull (contractor) is always consistent for a given year. I first tried using LASTNONBLANK , but the data set is not sorted by year, so I do not always have the correct result. Is there a way I can combine a formula with MAX on the year to filter and LASTNONBLANK?

Thank you in advance.

[Ashish_Mathur]

Hi,

For a smaller dataset, could you show the input Tables and desired output.

[Elisa_E]

InputOutput

[Ashish_Mathur]

Hi,

Share the link from where i can download your Excel file.

[Zubair_Muhammad · Accepted solution]

@Elisa_E

May be a MEASURE like this

LastContractor =
CALCULATE (
    MAX ( Table1[Contractor] ),
    FILTER ( Table1, Table1[Year] = MAX ( Table1[Year] ) )
)

[Elisa_E]

Works perfectly. Thank you so much!

[nirvana_moksh]

Why dont you Sort it by Year and add a Index Column Starting with 1 and increment by 1 in Power Query and then use something like :

CALCULATE(LASTNONBLANK(TABLE1(COLUMN,1),FILTER(TABLE1,TABLE 1INDEX = MIN(TABLE1INDEX)))

[Elisa_E]

Thanks for the reply. Was able to sort and create the index, However, when I tried the DAX below

CALCULATE(LASTNONBLANK(TABLE1(COLUMN,1),FILTER(TABLE1,TABLE 1INDEX = MIN(TABLE1INDEX)))

It pulls the data associated with 1 in the Index column. For example, the new calculated column is always "AA" (which is the contractor indexed at 1).