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SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR without proper calendar
Hi Everyone!
Could you please help with the current problem:
I try to use SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR formula and my calendar has no any information about days (cause I get just monthly sales) and it looks like this (below it's just a part, I have 2020-2022 period). PERIOD_KEY - it's a date format I get from vendor, so I've created another 4 column to define year and month (first day of month). And when I try to use this formula nothing happens:
LAST_PERIOD = CALCULATE([TOTAL_SALES_pack],SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Periods[Date]))
| PERIOD_KEY | YEAR | Month | Date | Qrt | Month_№ |
| 202001 | 2020 | Jan | 01.01.2020 | Q1 | 1 |
| 202002 | 2020 | Feb | 01.02.2020 | Q1 | 2 |
| 202003 | 2020 | Mar | 01.03.2020 | Q1 | 3 |
| 202004 | 2020 | Apr | 01.04.2020 | Q2 | 4 |
| 202005 | 2020 | May | 01.05.2020 | Q2 | 5 |
| 202006 | 2020 | Jun | 01.06.2020 | Q2 | 6 |
| 202007 | 2020 | Jul | 01.07.2020 | Q3 | 7 |
| 202008 | 2020 | Aug | 01.08.2020 | Q3 | 8 |
Anonymous , No, JUst mark that as date table. There can few reason it can still fail
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3 Replies
- amitchandak
Super User
Anonymous , Use date table
LAST_PERIOD = CALCULATE([TOTAL_SALES_pack],SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Date[Date]))
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Anonymous , No, JUst mark that as date table. There can few reason it can still fail
Why Time Intelligence Fails - Powerbi 5 Savior Steps for TI :https://youtu.be/OBf0rjpp5Hw