DateADD for single value

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a way to use DateADD (or previousmonth) to have the previous month of the date that I am selecting.

Example : 

VAR SelectedDateCurrent = SELECTEDVALUE('Date'[Date])

Return DATEADD(SelectedDateCurrent,-1,MONTH)

Of course this code doesn't work because DateADD can only have a column as a parameter, but you have now the idea.

I am using an IF to fix it for now (if = 1 then 12) but I am looking for an easiest way.

Thank you !

Loveboch,

[Fowmy · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

Try 

=EDATE([DATE],-1)

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[mattAtBradyCorp]

This answers the original question, but I came here looking for a way to figure out the month from seven days ago. So I want something like =MONTH( EDATE(my_date_var, -7, DAY) )

But as far as I can tell this isn't possible?

[gmsamborn]

Hi @mattAtBradyCorp 

Try this:

= MONTH( my_date_var - 7 )

Let me know if you have any questions.

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous ,

Try like

VAR SelectedDateCurrent = SELECTEDVALUE('Date'[Date])
Return DATE(year(SelectedDateCurrent),Month(SelectedDateCurrent)-1,day(SelectedDateCurrent))

refer

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Date-as-Dateadd-Decoding-Date-and-Calendar-5-5-Power-BI-Turning/ba-p/1187827

another option

VAR SelectedDateCurrent = maxx('Date' , dateadd('Date'[Date],-1, month))
Return SelectedDateCurrent

dateadd need continuous dates