Snapshot is super important in reporting, especially for things like inventory, headcount, or account balances. --- 🔹 What is a Snapshot? A snapshot is the value of something at a specific point in time (usually the last day of the month, week, or quarter). It’s not cumulative and it’s not meant to be summed across days. 👉 Example: * If you check your bank balance every day for 10 days: * Day 1 = ₹5,000 * Day 2 = ₹7,000 * Day 3 = ₹6,500 * Your "balance" is just one number each day. * If you summed them → ₹18,500 (nonsense!). * If you take the snapshot on Day 3 → ₹6,500 (correct). --- 🔹 Snapshot Calculations in Power BI They are measures where you want to show the state as of the last date in a period, not the sum of all rows. Typical examples: * Inventory Stock on Hand (as of the last date of the month) * Employee Headcount (number of employees at month end) * Bank Account Balance (balance on last day) --- 🔹 Why are special DAX patterns needed? Because in Power BI: * By default, dragging a column into Values → SUMs across all rows. * For snapshots, that inflates results. So we use patterns like:Stock on Hand = CALCULATE ( SUM ( Inventory[UnitsBalance] ), LASTNONBLANK ( 'Date'[Date], SUM ( Inventory[UnitsBalance] ) ) ) orStock on Hand = CALCULATE ( SUM ( Inventory[UnitsBalance] ), FILTER ( ALL ( 'Date'[Date] ), 'Date'[Date] = MAX ( 'Date'[Date] ) ) ) Both force Power BI to take the balance on the last available date, instead of summing all dates. --- ✅ In short: Snapshot calculation = state at a point in time (last date). Transactional calculation = sum over time (sales, revenue, etc.)

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