CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH DAX Function (Time Intelligence) Context Transition

Evaluates the specified expression for the date corresponding to the end of the current month after applying specified filters.

Syntax

CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH ( <Expression>, <Dates> [, <Filter>] )

Parameter	Attributes	Description
Expression		The expression to be evaluated.
Dates		The name of a column containing dates or a one column table containing dates.
Filter	Optional	A boolean (True/False) expression or a table expression that defines a filter.

Scalar A single value of any type.

A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated at the last date of the month in the current context.

The dates argument can be any of the following:

A reference to a date/time column. Only in this case a context transition applies because the column reference is replaced by
- CALCULATETABLE ( DISTINCT ( <Dates> ) )
A table expression that returns a single column of date/time values.
A Boolean expression that defines a single-column table of date/time values.

The result table includes only a date that exists in the dates column.

The syntax:

CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH ( <Expression>, <Dates> [, <Filter>] )

corresponds to:

CALCULATE ( 
    <Expression>,
    ENDOFMONTH ( <Dates> )
    [, <Filter>]
)

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Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo