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Add a diff column to a matrix

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:31:35 GMT

Hi!

I am reporting on the number of devices per tenant over time. I want to add a third column to the matrix below, showing the the difference between the number of devices per tenant between today and the same date last week. I download data to the report once a week.

I have created a matrix in Power BI with the following data:

Rows: Tenant

Columns: Date
Values: Devices (count)

This is how far I have come (filtered on Top N = 2 latests dates). Can anyone help me adding a new column to this matrix with the difference/delta between the columns below?

Re: Add a diff column to a matrix

Whitewater100 — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:46:20 GMT

Hello:

Assuming you have measure to Count the devices like Total Devices = SUM(Table[Devices])

You can use DATEADD to get the figure from 7 days ago when you are looking at a particular date.

One Week Ago = CALCULATE( [Total Devices], DATEADD( Dates[Date], -7, Day ) )

I hope this helps.

Re: Add a diff column to a matrix

Whitewater100 — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:49:13 GMT

Sorry then

subtract the two.

Difference = [Total Devices] - [Devices 1 week ago] (the DATEADD measure I just mentioned)

Re: Add a diff column to a matrix

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:49:31 GMT

Thanks a bunch! It worked 😄

Re: Add a diff column to a matrix

Whitewater100 — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:00:27 GMT

Your welcome. Great!

Re: Add a diff column to a matrix

Anonymous — Thu, 12 May 2022 10:47:38 GMT

Hi again!

A follow-up on this one. I used this function to calculate the number of devices a week ago:

One week ago = CALCULATE(COUNT('KPI-rapport data'[Device]), dateadd('KPI-rapport data'[Dato],-7,DAY))

However, sometimes there is a mismatch between the some of the numbers (two examples highlighted below).
On 04.05 the "one week ago" should be the same number as the 27.04 "this week" number = 97. Why is it showing the value 94 instead?

Re: Add a diff column to a matrix

Whitewater100 — Thu, 12 May 2022 11:55:31 GMT

Hi Ali-S:

When I look at the 94 as one week ago for 4-05-2021 , the week before looks like 3-30-2021 which is 94?

I think if you sort your weeks it will look better.

Just want to ask if the Tenant column is from your Date Table? The Data table would be marked as such and has a relationship with your fact table.

If you want to provide example file I'm happy to check it out from that perspective.