YTD filtering by category - DAX / Power BI

Question

I have a 'Table' with three columns: Date, Location, Value.

I also have a table 'Tabledates' with a continuous set of dates. Relationships are correctly set.

I have created a measure called YTD with code:

CALCULATE( SUM( Table[Value] ); DATESYTD( Tabledates[Date] ))

On any graph, the YTD measure is perfect, but if I filter by location, the results of YTD are totally wrong.

Any hint?

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Answer 1

It seems that the filter on the location is removed when you filter the calendar table.

You can maybe use this function TOTALYTD() https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/totalytd-function-dax

It does exactly the same and you can try to filter on the date on your first table not on the date of the calendar table.

something like:

TOTALYTD(Sum(Table1[Value]),Table1[Date].[Date])

I think that you have bi-directional filtering or something like that between your table and the calendar table and it remove your previous filter on location.