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Yukiya
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Get Last Year Amount from YYYYMM

Hi there,

 

I tried to set up DAX in Power Pivot to obtain last year from YYYYMM as list below.

Current DAX is "Amount (LY) = CALCULATE(SUM(GL[Amount]), 'GL'[YYYYMM]-100)", but the DAX does not work propery.

 

Could you kindly advise to me where I should correct the DAX?

 

YYYYMMAmountAmount (LY)
201801- 139,101,683.92 
201802    25,810,660.25 
201803    28,855,821.88 
201804    23,753,866.33 
201805    23,132,956.66 
201806    26,315,256.09 
201807    24,520,892.76 
201808    23,623,829.00 
201809    26,456,274.47 
201810    21,955,153.72 
201811    22,498,678.50 
201812    26,384,575.55 
201901- 189,770,598.72- 139,101,683.92
201902    15,615,869.83    25,810,660.25
201903    16,314,134.57    28,855,821.88
201904    11,618,911.79    23,753,866.33
201905    20,767,728.55    23,132,956.66
201906    17,411,139.58    26,315,256.09
201907    16,906,384.34    24,520,892.76
201908    15,872,538.74    23,623,829.00
201909    63,597,458.01    26,456,274.47
201910    17,942,715.81    21,955,153.72
201911    20,393,510.18    22,498,678.50
201912    18,930,709.89    26,384,575.55
202001- 143,565,098.61- 189,770,598.72
202002    10,269,560.19    15,615,869.83
202003    10,668,221.20    16,314,134.57
202004    15,164,857.73    11,618,911.79
202005    15,332,134.94    20,767,728.55
202006    14,886,636.87    17,411,139.58
202007    19,078,204.64    16,906,384.34
202008    16,101,640.24    15,872,538.74
202009    18,056,134.10    63,597,458.01
202010    22,130,223.09    17,942,715.81
202011    18,344,649.74    20,393,510.18
202012    53,349,184.98    18,930,709.89

 

Regards,

Yukiya

 

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v-yadongf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Yukiya ,

 

Please try following DAX to create a new column:

Column = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER('Table', MONTH('Table'[YYYYMM]) = MONTH(EARLIER('Table'[YYYYMM])) && YEAR('Table'[YYYYMM]) = YEAR(EARLIER('Table'[YYYYMM]))-1)) 

 

You will get the result you want:

vyadongfmsft_0-1667550313024.png

 

Best regards,

Yadong Fang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yadongf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Yukiya ,

 

Please try following DAX to create a new column:

Column = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER('Table', MONTH('Table'[YYYYMM]) = MONTH(EARLIER('Table'[YYYYMM])) && YEAR('Table'[YYYYMM]) = YEAR(EARLIER('Table'[YYYYMM]))-1)) 

 

You will get the result you want:

vyadongfmsft_0-1667550313024.png

 

Best regards,

Yadong Fang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Hello Yadong , I have a smilar issue when calculating previous month from YYYYMM 

Would you know what DAX to create in the column?

 

Thank you very much,

Kind regards,

Maggie

Hi Yadong,

 

Thank you for your suggestion.

 

I try it later.

 

Regards,

v-yadongf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Yukiya ,

 

Has your problem been solved? If not solved, can you tell me what's your expected output?

 

Best regards,

Yadong Fang

Hi Yadong,

 

Thank you for your help.

 

This issue is not fixed yet, but I'll think another solution because we use Fiscal Year not Caledar Year.

 

Regards,

Yukiya Ishimaru

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Yukiya , if you have date or create date usingYYYYMM

 

date  = datevalues([YYYYMM]& "01")

 

Join with date table and have YYYYMM column there too

YYYYMM  = format([Date], "YYYYMM")

 

then use measure like

 

Year behind Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Table[Amount]),dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,Year))
Year behind Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Table[Amount]),SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))

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Hi amitchandak,

 

Thank you for your help.

 

I can implement new measure, but LY field is dosppeared once Financial Year.

 

Yukiya_0-1664943403422.png

I'll investigate how fix this issue.

 

Thanks,

Yukiya Ishimaru

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