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Anonymous
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New column that subtract two rows of a table

Hello people,

 

I am new to Power BI. I need a new column that subtracts two rows of a table.

 

I have this table, and I need show the anual growth of each database, so I want to generate a column that subtracts the USED_GB of the current year less those of the previous year of each database.

 

GRANDEF_1-1684336388093.png

 

The idea is to generate this new column in DAX. How can I do that?

 

Thanks.

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Anonymous
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Hi Ajendra, 

 

This is the desire output, but I would like not view the rows with PREVIOUS_YEAR with empty values:

 

GRANDEF_1-1684511346425.png

 

Thanks. 

 

hi @Anonymous 

try to add a calculated column like:

column = 
VAR _pre =
    MAXX(
        FILTER(
            data,
            data[DATABASE]=EARLIER(data[DATABASE])
                &&YEAR(data[DATE])=YEAR(EARLIER(data[DATE]))-1
        ),
        data[USED_GB]
    )
RETURN
    [USED_GB] - _pre

it worked like:

FreemanZ_0-1684567505188.png

Anonymous
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Hi FreemanZ, thanks for your help. 

 

I tried this, but my PowerBi showed this error (My table name is

'Consulta_Tamaño_Historico'), it seems to be related with EARLIER function. 
 

GRANDEF_0-1684766132917.png

 

Regards. 

Ajendra
Resolver I
Resolver I

Hello,

 

Please provide some dummy data alongwith the desire output. Thanks!!

 

Ajendra!

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