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luckygirl
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1 year ago
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DAX function to get previous row value grouped by another column

Hi,   I have a table like below.   ClientCode CompletedDate ProductDetail 1 1/01/2018 A 1 1/04/2019 B 1 23/05/2021 C 2 6/05/2022 D 2 9/02/2018 A 3 5/05/2019 C ...
  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    1 year ago

    luckygirl Try this:

    Previous Product Detail Column =
      VAR __Code = [ClientCode]
      VAR __Date = [CompletedDate]
      VAR __Table = FILTER( ALL( 'Table' ), [ClientCode] = __Code && [CompletedDate] < __Date )
      VAR __PrevDate = MAXX( __Table, [CompletedDate] )
      VAR __Result = MAXX( FILTER( __Table, [CompletedDate] = __PrevDate ), [ProductDetail] )
    RETURN
      __Result
    
    
    
    or
    
    Previous Product Detail Measure =
      VAR __Code = MAX( 'Table'[ClientCode] )
      VAR __Date = MAX( 'Table'[CompletedDate] )
      VAR __Table = FILTER( ALL( 'Table' ), [ClientCode] = __Code && [CompletedDate] < __Date )
      VAR __PrevDate = MAXX( __Table, [CompletedDate] )
      VAR __Result = MAXX( FILTER( __Table, [CompletedDate] = __PrevDate ), [ProductDetail] )
    RETURN
      __Result

     

    See my article on Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) which uses EARLIER: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Mean-Time-Between-Failure-MTBF-and-Power-BI/ba-p/339586.
    The basic pattern is:
    Column = 
      VAR __Current = [Value]
      VAR __PreviousDate = MAXX(FILTER('Table','Table'[Date] < EARLIER('Table'[Date])),[Date])

      VAR __Previous = MAXX(FILTER('Table',[Date]=__PreviousDate),[Value])
    RETURN
     ( __Current - __Previous ) * 1.