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Helper IIISalesforecast
Hello, i'm looking for a measure to forecast my sales.
I would like to sum the actual sales by month until the current month.
For futher months i would like to have a average of the last 6 months.
Example:
jan feb mrt apr may jun jul aug
100 50 20 10 10 30
july would be (100+50+20+10+20+30)/6 = 38
aug would be (50+20+10+20+30+38)/6 = 28
hi Oomsen
I think it could not achieve in dax in power bi, this since it will calculate by its own value, it is very difficult to achieve.
Regards,
Lin
5 Replies
- amitchandak
Super User
Oomsen , use rolling 6 and divide by 6
example
Rolling 6 = CALCULATE(sum(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESINPERIOD('Date'[Date],ENDOFMONTH(Sales[Sales Date]),-6,MONTH)) /6 or Rolling 6 = CALCULATE(sum(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESINPERIOD('Date'[Date ],MAX(Sales[Sales Date]),-6,MONTH))/6To get the best of the time intelligence function. Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view. Also, join it with the date column of your fact/s. Refer :
https://radacad.com/creating-calendar-table-in-power-bi-using-dax-functions
https://www.archerpoint.com/blog/Posts/creating-date-table-power-bi
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/creating-a-simple-date-table-in-dax/
See if my webinar on Time Intelligence can help: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Webinars-and-Video-Gallery/PowerBI-Time-Intelligence-Calendar-WTD-YTD-LYTD-Week-Over-Week/m-p/1051626#M184
Appreciate your Kudos.- Oomsen
amitchandak , thanks for your respons.
My current measure is
fomzet = IF(MONTH(MIN(Dimdate[MaandVanJaar]))<=MONTH(TODAY()),CALCULATE(SUM(Transacties[amountdc])*-1,'Grootboekclassificaties'[parent_description]IN{"Opbrengsten"},ALL('Grootboekclassificaties'[parent_code_attr])),CALCULATE(SUM(Transacties[amountdc])*-1,'Grootboekclassificaties'[parent_description]IN{"Opbrengsten"},ALL('Grootboekclassificaties'[parent_code_attr]),DATESINPERIOD(Dimdate[Datum],MAX(Dimdate[Datum]),-6,MONTH))/6)some parts are in dutch, sorry for that.the current result is that the past and current month give the correct value but the future months are blank.
v-lili6-msftCommunity Support
hi Oomsen
Please make sure use Date field from Dimdate in the visual.
If you still have the problem, please share your sample pbix file for us have a test
Regards,
Lin
