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The one with the burndown chart .

This chart was part of the Week 18 Workout Wednesday  challenge.

WOW2022 Week18

  Dataset

The dataset can be found on the Workout Wednesday link above.
I’ve added a calculated Date table. The Date table was linked to the Superstore order_date field.

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Date = 
VAR __StartYear = YEAR ( MIN ( superstore[order_date] ) )
VAR __EndYear = YEAR ( MAX ( superstore[order_date] ) )

VAR __Calendar = CALENDAR( DATE (__StartYear, 1, 1 ), DATE ( __EndYear, 12, 31 ) )

VAR __FullTable =
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        __Calendar,
        "Month Year", EOMONTH ( [Date], 0 ),
        "MonthOffSet", DATEDIFF ( NOW(), [Date], MONTH),
        "YearMonth", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMM" ) * 100 ,
        "DateOffSet", DATEDIFF ( NOW(), [Date], DAY )
    )

RETURN
    __FullTable

  Additional fields created

Budget

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Budget = 
VAR __HistoricDate =
    CALCULATE( SUM ( Superstore[budget] ) ,'Date'[DateOffSet] < 0 )

VAR __FutureDate =
    CALCULATE ( BLANK() , 'Date'[DateOffSet] >= 0 ) + 0

RETURN
    __HistoricDate + __FutureDate

Budget Used

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Budget Used = 
CALCULATE(
	[Budget],
	FILTER(
		ALLSELECTED('Date'[Date]),
		ISONORAFTER('Date'[Date], MAX('Date'[Date]), DESC)
	)
)

Total Budget

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Total Budget = 
    CALCULATE ( 
        SUM ( Superstore[budget] ),
        ALL ('Date' )
)

Remaining Budget

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Remaining Budget = 
    [Total Budget] - [Budget Used]

Budget FCT

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Budget FCT = 
// forecast value
VAR __NumberOfMonths =
    CALCULATE( COUNTROWS( VALUES( 'Date'[Month Year] ) ), ALL( 'Date' ) )

RETURN
    DIVIDE( [Total Budget], __NumberOfMonths )

Budget Used FCT

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Budget Used FCT = 
VAR __MaxDate = MAX ('Date'[Date])
VAR __BudgetUsedFCT =
CALCULATE(
    SUMX ( SUMMARIZE(
                'Date',
                'Date'[Month Year],
                "Average Monthly", [Budget FCT]
            ), [Average Monthly] ),
	FILTER(
		ALLSELECTED('Date'[Date]),
		ISONORAFTER('Date'[Date], MAX('Date'[Date]), DESC)
	)
)

RETURN 
    __BudgetUsedFCT

Remaining Budget FCT

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Remaining Budget FCT = 
    [Total Budget] - [Budget Used FCT]

  Fields used

  • Month Year (month)
  • Remaining Budget FCT (fct)
  • Remaining Budget (act)
  • Today (today)
  • MonthOffset (monthoffset)

  Specification

The specification in a nutshell:

layer 
  * rect (greyed out box for future values)
  * line (for the actual value)
  * line (for the forecasted value)
  * rule (for today's date)
  * text (display "Future")

  View chart

Open the Chart in the Vega Editor

  JSON template

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