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Hi everyone,
I have problem with creating a Virtual table with Previous date transaction column. Has everyone can help me?
The formula to get the Previous date column is below:
But the result is still blank.
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Hi @ngocrin1
Actually I did not get the idea of using 'Date'[Date] to obtain the previous date. If you want to get pervious calendar date then simply use
Virtual Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( Sales, Sales[Purchase Date], Sales[Sales Person ID] ),
"@Revenue", [Sales Revenue],
"@PreDate", Sales[Purchase Date] - 1
)
If you're looking for the previous sales date of the product in row then please try
Virtual Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( Sales, Sales[Purchase Date], Sales[Sales Person ID] ),
"@Revenue", [Sales Revenue],
"@PreDate",
VAR CurrentDate = Sales[Purchase Date]
VAR PreDate =
MAXX (
CALCULATETABLE (
VALUES ( Sales[Purchase Date] ),
Sales[Purchase Date] < CurrentDate
),
Sales[Purchase Date]
)
RETURN
PreDate
)
Hi @ngocrin1
Actually I did not get the idea of using 'Date'[Date] to obtain the previous date. If you want to get pervious calendar date then simply use
Virtual Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( Sales, Sales[Purchase Date], Sales[Sales Person ID] ),
"@Revenue", [Sales Revenue],
"@PreDate", Sales[Purchase Date] - 1
)
If you're looking for the previous sales date of the product in row then please try
Virtual Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( Sales, Sales[Purchase Date], Sales[Sales Person ID] ),
"@Revenue", [Sales Revenue],
"@PreDate",
VAR CurrentDate = Sales[Purchase Date]
VAR PreDate =
MAXX (
CALCULATETABLE (
VALUES ( Sales[Purchase Date] ),
Sales[Purchase Date] < CurrentDate
),
Sales[Purchase Date]
)
RETURN
PreDate
)
Tks Tamerj1,
It worked well. I'm looking for previous date sales transactions.
Hi @ngocrin1 please try to change your date column in Power Query from type date time to type date, and see results. I hope this help
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