DAX New Hires Measure

Counts employees whose hire date falls within the current filter context.

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DAX code

New Hires =
CALCULATE(
    DISTINCTCOUNT('Employee'[EmployeeID]),
    USERELATIONSHIP('Date'[Date], 'Employee'[HireDate])
)

Notes

Requires an inactive relationship between the Date table and Employee[HireDate], activated here with USERELATIONSHIP.

Requirements

How to use this measure

  1. In Power BI Desktop, select the table that should hold the measure and choose New measure on the ribbon.
  2. Paste the code, then replace the placeholder table and column names with your own. The My table names fields above do this for you.
  3. Run it through the DAX Formatter if you want it laid out in your team's style.

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