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daniel_morano
New Member

Counting new, old and returned items compared to the previous month

Hi,

 

Is there a measure that will help me count new, old and returned items compared to the previous month?

 

Thank you in advance for any help 😉

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @daniel_morano ,

 

According to your description, here are my steps you can follow as a solution.

(1) My test data is the same as yours.

(2) We can create measures. 

new cars = 
var _a=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[DATE]=MAX('Table'[DATE])),"car",'Table'[CAR])
var _b=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),INT('Table'[DATE])=INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))-1),"car",'Table'[CAR])
return IF(INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))=1,BLANK(),COUNTROWS(EXCEPT(_a,_b)))
returned cars = 
var _a=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[DATE]=MAX('Table'[DATE])),"car",'Table'[CAR])
var _b=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),INT('Table'[DATE])=INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))-1),"car",'Table'[CAR])
return COUNTROWS(EXCEPT(_b,_a))*-1
from previous month = 
var _a=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[DATE]=MAX('Table'[DATE])),"car",'Table'[CAR])
var _b=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),INT('Table'[DATE])=INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))-1),"car",'Table'[CAR])
return COUNTROWS(FILTER(_b,[car] in VALUES('Table'[CAR])))

(3) Then the result is as follows.

vtangjiemsft_0-1697508649312.png

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

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
Not applicable

Hi @daniel_morano ,

 

According to your description, here are my steps you can follow as a solution.

(1) My test data is the same as yours.

(2) We can create measures. 

new cars = 
var _a=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[DATE]=MAX('Table'[DATE])),"car",'Table'[CAR])
var _b=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),INT('Table'[DATE])=INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))-1),"car",'Table'[CAR])
return IF(INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))=1,BLANK(),COUNTROWS(EXCEPT(_a,_b)))
returned cars = 
var _a=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[DATE]=MAX('Table'[DATE])),"car",'Table'[CAR])
var _b=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),INT('Table'[DATE])=INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))-1),"car",'Table'[CAR])
return COUNTROWS(EXCEPT(_b,_a))*-1
from previous month = 
var _a=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[DATE]=MAX('Table'[DATE])),"car",'Table'[CAR])
var _b=SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),INT('Table'[DATE])=INT(MAX('Table'[DATE]))-1),"car",'Table'[CAR])
return COUNTROWS(FILTER(_b,[car] in VALUES('Table'[CAR])))

(3) Then the result is as follows.

vtangjiemsft_0-1697508649312.png

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

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

daniel_moreno2
New Member

Hi, I added a table:

 

DATECAR
01.2023Skoda Octavia
01.2023BMW X5
01.2023AUDI A6
01.2023Mercedes C
02.2023BMW X5
02.2023Mercedes C
02.2023Ford Puma

 

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