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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Comparing Snapshots current year vs Last year

Hello Experts,   I am trying to Compare Snapshot dates current vs the previous year. I used SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR and DATAADD but my measure result is blank although there is data for the previous ye...
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amitchandak
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3 years ago

Anonymous , Make sure you are using date table marked as date date with all dates and correct join

 

example

Year behind Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,Year))
Year behind Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))

 

 

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