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How to calculate historical development of car fleet (backward calculation)

Hi everyone

I am trying to calculate historical fleet develoment, but is facing som troubles. It is a simplified example, .

I have the following data set:

Car id  Delivery date Size deadweighton
1 May 2, 2020 1
2 May 2, 2020 1,5
3 July 1, 2020 1
4 December 1, 2020 2


Which I can summarize to see deadweighton released in a given quarter:

Quarter Delivered car deadweighton
2020 Q2 2,5
2020 Q3 1
2020 Q4 2
Total 5,5


What I need is to be able to calculate the historical car fleet development backwards like this, so that I can see the fleet size in a given quarter:

Quarter Car fleet size Calculation behind
2020 Q2 2,5 = (3,5 -1) = Car fleet size 2020 Q3 minus delivered deadweighton 2020 Q2 
2020 Q3 3,5 = (4,5 -2) = Car fleet size 2020 Q4 minus delivered deadweighton 2020 Q3 
2020 Q4 5,5 = (total in previous table) = Total car fleet size as per 2020 Q4 a.k.a. the total of the delieries from previous table


All help or tips are very welcome and would be a great help. 

Sincerely, Signe




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lbendlin
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Super User

No need to go backwards. This is a standard running total pattern. You can use Quick Measures to create the formula for this.

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