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Anonymous
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Difference between adjecent rows

I have below data set

 

ActivityFiscal YearReporting AmountVariance
Activity AFY20234202
 FY1932
Activity BFY20290267
 FY1923

 

The value in variance column is differnece between reporting amount of fy20 and fy 19 of each activity. How to populate the column variance in power bi ? what Function can be used ?

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Greg_Deckler
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I would use Fill Down in your Activity column in Power Query. Then you could do something like:

 

FILTER('Table',[Fiscal Year]<EARLIER([Fiscal Year]),[Activity]=EARLIER([Activity])

 

You likely need an Index column in there as well 



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