topic Re: Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline in DAX Commands and Tips

Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline

joshua1990 — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:17:37 GMT

I would like to add a column into a matrix visual that shows me the average monthly sales for the last 3 months based on a month selection. The month selection is based on a slicer.

The challenge is our calendar is a fiscal calendar. In the same calendar I have these columns:

Year
Week
Month

How can I define a measure that will show the AVG weekly sales for the previous 3 months.

But also I want to have a sparkline that will have the months on the x-axes.

How would you define the dax measure?

This is not working with a fiscal calendar:

AverageSalesLast3Months = CALCULATE( AVERAGE(Sales[SalesAmount]), DATESINPERIOD(Calendar[Date], MAX(Calendar[Date]), -3, MONTH) )

Re: Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline

maruthisp — Fri, 16 May 2025 03:22:26 GMT

Hi joshua1990 ,

As per my understand and with sample data , I tried to implement the solution for you.
Please find the attached pbix file:
Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline.pbix

Please let me know if you have further questions.

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Re: Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline

v-venuppu — Mon, 19 May 2025 10:36:34 GMT

Hi joshua1990 ,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Thank you maruthisp for the Prompt Response.

Here’s a solution that respects a fiscal calendar. First, create a FiscalMonthIndex column in your Calendar table:

FiscalMonthIndex = Calendar[FiscalYear] * 100 + Calendar[FiscalMonthNumber]

Then, use this measure:

AverageSalesLast3FiscalMonths =
VAR SelectedMonthIndex = MAX ( Calendar[FiscalMonthIndex] )
VAR Last3Months =
FILTER (
ALL ( Calendar ),
Calendar[FiscalMonthIndex] <= SelectedMonthIndex
&& Calendar[FiscalMonthIndex] > SelectedMonthIndex - 3
)
RETURN
CALCULATE (
AVERAGEX (
VALUES ( Calendar[FiscalMonthIndex] ),
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Sales[SalesAmount] ) )
),
Last3Months
)

This will correctly average sales for the last 3 fiscal months based on the slicer selection. For the sparkline, use FiscalMonth on the x-axis and ensure it's sorted by FiscalMonthIndex.

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Thank you.

Re: Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline

v-venuppu — Mon, 19 May 2025 10:37:28 GMT

Hi joshua1990 ,

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Re: Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline

v-venuppu — Thu, 22 May 2025 06:04:22 GMT

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Re: Average Sales last 3 months and Sparkline

v-venuppu — Mon, 26 May 2025 07:30:59 GMT

Hi joshua1990 ,

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