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SupriyaVarun
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Dax : I want to write Dax measure % increase or decrease versus pervious month

Hi Everyone,

 

Can you please help with Dax, I am using a Live connection and I have to Write Dax measure for the Actuals

For Fiscal month.

I want the output like this below

 

Jan = 0%

Feb = 15.3% -18.7%  = -3.4% 

Mar = 16.1% -15.3% = 0.8%

 

SupriyaVarun_0-1689055684908.png

Thank you 

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Hi Tamerj,

Thanks a lot for the help 🙂 It worked 


% Automated Order EU - Previous Month =
VAR CurrentAcual = [% Automated order EU]
VAR PreviousActual =
CALCULATE (
[% Automated order EU],
ALLSELECTED ( 'SM Dim Calendar' ),
'SM Dim Calendar'[Fiscal Month Number]
= MAX ( 'SM Dim Calendar'[Fiscal Month Number] ) - 1
)
RETURN
CurrentAcual - COALESCE ( PreviousActual, CurrentAcual )

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SupriyaVarun
Frequent Visitor

Hi @tamerj1 ,

 

For the below query how to hide the Future months eg : Aug month showing the -44.6% now  I want it to show blank

SupriyaVarun_0-1689772754325.png

 

 

% Automated Order EU - Previous Month =
VAR CurrentAcual = [% Automated order EU]
VAR PreviousActual =
CALCULATE (
[% Automated order EU],
ALLSELECTED ( 'SM Dim Calendar' ),
'SM Dim Calendar'[Fiscal Month Number]
= MAX ( 'SM Dim Calendar'[Fiscal Month Number] ) - 1
)
RETURN
CurrentAcual - COALESCE ( PreviousActual, CurrentAcual )

 

Thanks in advance

tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @SupriyaVarun 
The assumption is that your date table contains a YearMonthRank column which is a squential number that increases by one every month over the years.

Actual MOM =
VAR CurrentAcual = [Actual]
VAR PreviousActual =
    CALCULATE (
        [Actual],
        ALLSELECTED ( 'Date' ),
        'Date'[YearMonthRank]
            = MAX ( 'Date'[YearMonthRank] ) - 1
    )
RETURN
    CurrentAcual - COALESCE ( PreviousActual, CurrentAcual )

Hi Tamerj,

Thanks a lot for the help 🙂 It worked 


% Automated Order EU - Previous Month =
VAR CurrentAcual = [% Automated order EU]
VAR PreviousActual =
CALCULATE (
[% Automated order EU],
ALLSELECTED ( 'SM Dim Calendar' ),
'SM Dim Calendar'[Fiscal Month Number]
= MAX ( 'SM Dim Calendar'[Fiscal Month Number] ) - 1
)
RETURN
CurrentAcual - COALESCE ( PreviousActual, CurrentAcual )

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