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Anonymous
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Calculation Groups: time intelligence for actual vs forecast vs budget

Hi Community,

 

What I am looking to create is a table/matrix that compares a full P&L for actuals, forecast, budget, and last year's results all of which can be seen on a WTD, MTD, QTD, and YTD basis.

 

Below is a screenshot of what I am looking to do:

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I have all the base and time intelligence written using the measure branching technique. This has been very inefficient because I have a lot of repetitive measures that change a few variables along with the SWITCH measure to create the visual P&L. I believe calculation group(s) would be the most effective strategy to achieve this result.

 

What is the best approach for this solution? Are multiple calculation groups required?

 

Thank you!

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

//What is the best approach for this solution? Are multiple calculation groups required?

According to your description yes, four calculation groups are needed.

 

Hope this helps.

DAX Calculation Groups for Time Intelligence

Understanding the interactions between composite models and calculation groups

 

Best Regards,
Gao

Community Support Team

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

Thank you for your response. This was a great article however I could not get the PY and YOY measures to work correctly.

 

Could you clarify what you mean when you say I need four calculation groups? I assume they would be WTD, MTD, QTD, and YTD. If so, what would this look like in tabular editor?

 

Thank you!

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