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Anonymous
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Comparing Two Month Column Values, then Arrow Conditional Formatting Based On Comparison

I have three months value in the table  Feb,March,April based on the Attribute Wise . 

please find the screen shot below. i am trying to use conditional formatting for the below table.

 

THENNA_41_0-1654689634016.png

 

 

  • When MARCH MONTH  values are less than FEB MONTH , it will show in conditional formatting Down Arrow.
  • When MARCH MONTH  values are Greater than FEB MONTH , it will show in conditional formatting UP Arrow.
  • When APRIL MONTH  values are less than MARCH MONTH , it will show in conditional formatting Down Arrow
  • When APRIL MONTH  values are Greater than MARCH MONTH , it will show in conditional formatting UP Arrow

Can anyone please advise me on this?  I am looking for support .

 

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Anonymous
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Hi  @Anonymous ,

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Use Enter data to create a table Month.

vyangliumsft_0-1655103720293.png

2. In Power query. Add Column – Index Column – From 1.

vyangliumsft_1-1655103720295.png

3. Create calculated column.

Month =
FORMAT('Table'[Date],"mmm")
Month_number =
MONTH('Table'[Date])

4. Join the two tables.

vyangliumsft_2-1655103720295.png

5. Create measure.

Measure_true =
var _current1=
CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Month_number]=MAX('Table'[Month_number])-1&&'Table'[Group]=MAX('Table'[Group])))
var _current2=
CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Month_number]=MAX('Table'[Month_number])&&'Table'[Group]=MAX('Table'[Group])))
return
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    _current2>_current1,UNICHAR ( 9650 ),
    _current2<_current1,UNICHAR ( 128315 ),
    _current2=_current1,"=")

6. Result:

vyangliumsft_3-1655103720296.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

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Anonymous
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Hi  @Anonymous ,

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Use Enter data to create a table Month.

vyangliumsft_0-1655103720293.png

2. In Power query. Add Column – Index Column – From 1.

vyangliumsft_1-1655103720295.png

3. Create calculated column.

Month =
FORMAT('Table'[Date],"mmm")
Month_number =
MONTH('Table'[Date])

4. Join the two tables.

vyangliumsft_2-1655103720295.png

5. Create measure.

Measure_true =
var _current1=
CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Month_number]=MAX('Table'[Month_number])-1&&'Table'[Group]=MAX('Table'[Group])))
var _current2=
CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Month_number]=MAX('Table'[Month_number])&&'Table'[Group]=MAX('Table'[Group])))
return
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    _current2>_current1,UNICHAR ( 9650 ),
    _current2<_current1,UNICHAR ( 128315 ),
    _current2=_current1,"=")

6. Result:

vyangliumsft_3-1655103720296.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

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