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kalkhudary
Helper IV
Helper IV

Calendar Table with " Previous YearMonth" and PreviousYearQuarter" included

Hi, 

 

I am looking into getting help in building my calender tabel for my dashboard. So, I did start by creating it but I failed to know the syntax for creating a " Previous YearMonth" and PreviousYearQuarter".

I currently created a Calender Table from Jan 2017 till Oct 2022 within my fields pane.Calender Table.PNG

 

Can someone help me in providing a syntax for a complete Calender table that includes Date, Month, Year, Quarter, MonthYear, QuarterYear, MonthQuarter, PreviousQuarterYear, PreviousMonthYear, Previous MonthQuarter precisely.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@kalkhudary ,

Previous month = format(eomonth([Date],-1), "mmm-yyyy")

 

Previous year month = format(eomonth([Date],-12), "mmm-yyyy")

 

Previous year = format(eomonth([Date],-1*month([Date]) ), "yyyy")

 

Previous Qtr same month = format(eomonth([Date],-3), "mmm-yyyy")

 

Previous Qtr  = format(eomonth([Date],-3), "Q-yyyy")

 

 

But in case you want to compare data use time intelligence

 

Time Intelligence, DATESMTD, DATESQTD, DATESYTD, Week On Week, Week Till Date, Custom Period on Period,
Custom Period till date: https://youtu.be/aU2aKbnHuWs&t=145s

Power BI — Year on Year with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-ytd-questions-time-intelligence-1-5-e3174b39f38a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km41KfM_0uA
Power BI — Qtr on Qtr with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-qtd-questions-time-intelligence-2-5-d842063da839
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-TlVx7P0A0
Power BI — Month on Month with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-mtd-questions-time-intelligence-3-5-64b0b4a4090e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LUBbvcxtKA

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kalkhudary
Helper IV
Helper IV

Thanks Amit, just made it right! Much appreciated.

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@kalkhudary ,

Previous month = format(eomonth([Date],-1), "mmm-yyyy")

 

Previous year month = format(eomonth([Date],-12), "mmm-yyyy")

 

Previous year = format(eomonth([Date],-1*month([Date]) ), "yyyy")

 

Previous Qtr same month = format(eomonth([Date],-3), "mmm-yyyy")

 

Previous Qtr  = format(eomonth([Date],-3), "Q-yyyy")

 

 

But in case you want to compare data use time intelligence

 

Time Intelligence, DATESMTD, DATESQTD, DATESYTD, Week On Week, Week Till Date, Custom Period on Period,
Custom Period till date: https://youtu.be/aU2aKbnHuWs&t=145s

Power BI — Year on Year with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-ytd-questions-time-intelligence-1-5-e3174b39f38a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km41KfM_0uA
Power BI — Qtr on Qtr with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-qtd-questions-time-intelligence-2-5-d842063da839
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-TlVx7P0A0
Power BI — Month on Month with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-mtd-questions-time-intelligence-3-5-64b0b4a4090e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LUBbvcxtKA

Share with Power BI Enthusiasts: Full Power BI Video (20 Hours) YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

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