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summer18
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Circular dependency error with Prior Month

I have a formula but getting "circular dependency error" that points to Prior Month budget but my formula is for Sales Actual.

 

Formula with error:

IF('Sales'[Department]="IT",0,'Sales'[YoY])

 

Here are the formulas related to my measure above:

YoY formula = (SUM(Actual)-[PY Actual]) / [PY Actual])

 

How can I fix the error?

 

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bcdobbs
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I'm assuming that the formula you state is for a calculated column?

 

If so have a read of Avoiding circular dependency errors in DAX - SQLBI.

In the expression for the calculated column you want to wrap your [YoY] measure inside a calculate with an ALLEXCEPT to prevent it from adding everthing into the filter context.



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bcdobbs
Community Champion
Community Champion

I'm assuming that the formula you state is for a calculated column?

 

If so have a read of Avoiding circular dependency errors in DAX - SQLBI.

In the expression for the calculated column you want to wrap your [YoY] measure inside a calculate with an ALLEXCEPT to prevent it from adding everthing into the filter context.



Ben Dobbs

LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! This will help others on the forum!
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