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VeronicaC
Frequent Visitor

How to show prior entry when month missing

I am trying to create a columnd to show me prior month status but because my months have gaps in them I am getting blanks

 

I have the following data. The first 3 are in my dataset and I am trying to create the 4th

 

Report MonthCustomerStatusPrior Month Status
JanABCRed 
FebABCRedRed
MarchABCYellowRed
AprABCYellowYellow
MayABCGreenYellow
JanDEFRed 
FebDEFYellowRed
MayDEFGreenYellow
JanGHIRed 
MarchGHIYellowRed
MayGHIGreenYellow
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

@VeronicaC 

Please try

Prior Month Status =
MAXX (
TOPN (
1,
FILTER (
CALCULATETABLE ( 'Table', ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[Customer] ) ),
'Table'[Month] < EARLIER ( 'Table'[Month] )
),
'Table'[Month]
),
'Table'[Status]
)

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @VeronicaC 

month is text or date data type?

it's date type

@VeronicaC 

Please try

Prior Month Status =
MAXX (
TOPN (
1,
FILTER (
CALCULATETABLE ( 'Table', ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[Customer] ) ),
'Table'[Month] < EARLIER ( 'Table'[Month] )
),
'Table'[Month]
),
'Table'[Status]
)

omg this worked THANK YOU

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