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CD_2024
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2 years ago

Calculate Difference Between Two Monthly Measures

I hope I can explain this well enough. I am trying to create a visual showing the difference each month in addition to rolling over open transactions to the next month's total. I have searched the i...
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Greg_Deckler
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2 years ago

CD_2024 So, if I understand correctly, you basically need a PM measure for both of your measures. That can be done a number of ways but generally you would calculate your base measure with modified filters for the previous month. You can use CALCULATE for this or there are No CALCULATE methods as well. However, hard to be specific as I don't have your measure code and you didn't paste your data as text. 

Sorry, having trouble following, can you post sample data as text and expected output?
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The most important parts are:
1. Sample data as text, use the table tool in the editing bar
2. Expected output from sample data
3. Explanation in words of how to get from 1. to 2.