FIRSTDATE DAX Function (Time Intelligence) Context Transition

Returns first non blank date.

Syntax

FIRSTDATE ( <Dates> )

Parameter	Attributes	Description
Dates		The name of a column containing dates or a one column table containing dates.

Table A table with a single column.

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 dates that exist in the dates column.

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Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo