Time intelligence functions
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) includes time-intelligence functions that enable you to manipulate data using time periods, including days, months, quarters, and years, and then build and compare calculations over those periods. Before using any time-intelligence functions, make sure to mark one of the tables containing date column as Date Table.
In this category
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH | Evaluates the expression at the last date of the month in the current context. |
| CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER | Evaluates the expression at the last date of the quarter in the current context. |
| CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR | Evaluates the expression at the last date of the year in the current context. |
| DATEADD | Returns a table that contains a column of dates, shifted either forward or backward in time by the specified number of intervals from the dates in the current context. |
| DATESBETWEEN | Returns a table that contains a column of dates that begins with a specified start date and continues until a specified end date. |
| DATESINPERIOD | Returns a table that contains a column of dates that begins with a specified start date and continues for the specified number and type of date intervals. |
| DATESMTD | Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the month to date, in the current context. |
| DATESQTD | Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the quarter to date, in the current context. |
| DATESYTD | Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the year to date, in the current context. |
| ENDOFMONTH | Returns the last date of the month in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| ENDOFQUARTER | Returns the last date of the quarter in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| ENDOFYEAR | Returns the last date of the year in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| FIRSTDATE | Returns the first date in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| LASTDATE | Returns the last date in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| NEXTDAY | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the next day, based on the first date specified in the dates column in the current context. |
| NEXTMONTH | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the next month, based on the first date in the dates column in the current context. |
| NEXTQUARTER | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates in the next quarter, based on the first date specified in the dates column, in the current context. |
| NEXTYEAR | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates in the next year, based on the first date in the dates column, in the current context. |
| OPENINGBALANCEMONTH | Evaluates the expression at the first date of the month in the current context. |
| OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER | Evaluates the expression at the first date of the quarter, in the current context. |
| OPENINGBALANCEYEAR | Evaluates the expression at the first date of the year in the current context. |
| PARALLELPERIOD | Returns a table that contains a column of dates that represents a period parallel to the dates in the specified dates column, in the current context, with the dates shifted a number of intervals either forward in time or back in time. |
| PREVIOUSDAY | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates representing the day that is previous to the first date in the dates column, in the current context. |
| PREVIOUSMONTH | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the previous month, based on the first date in the dates column, in the current context. |
| PREVIOUSQUARTER | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the previous quarter, based on the first date in the dates column, in the current context. |
| PREVIOUSYEAR | Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the previous year, given the last date in the dates column, in the current context. |
| SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR | Returns a table that contains a column of dates shifted one year back in time from the dates in the specified dates column, in the current context. |
| STARTOFMONTH | Returns the first date of the month in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| STARTOFQUARTER | Returns the first date of the quarter in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| STARTOFYEAR | Returns the first date of the year in the current context for the specified column of dates. |
| TOTALMTD | Evaluates the value of the expression for the month to date, in the current context. |
| TOTALQTD | Evaluates the value of the expression for the dates in the quarter to date, in the current context. |
| TOTALYTD | Evaluates the year-to-date value of the expression in the current context. |