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Anonymous
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Return Top row result

I have a table in fact that I have a calculation of a KPI, in the DAX view I need to return the result of the previous axis as shown in the image below from a dimension table.

 

Example, 2021 Q3 the KPI2 line returns the result of 2021 Q2

 

Talesfg_0-1637256805043.png

 

I used a form of rank to find the previous value with reference to rank -1, but I couldn't find any solution.

 

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v-yalanwu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Anonymous ;

You can use the Label_ period column directly, without the aid of rank. Please try it.

KPI 2 =
CALCULATE (
    SUM ( [KPI] ),
    FILTER (
        ALL ( 'Table' ),
        [label_ period]
            = MAXX (
                FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), [label_ period] < MAX ( 'Table'[label_ period] ) ),
                [label_ period]
            )
    )
)

 The final output is shown below:

vyalanwumsft_0-1637560927210.png

Best Regards,
Community Support Team_ Yalan Wu
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-yalanwu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Anonymous ;

You can use the Label_ period column directly, without the aid of rank. Please try it.

KPI 2 =
CALCULATE (
    SUM ( [KPI] ),
    FILTER (
        ALL ( 'Table' ),
        [label_ period]
            = MAXX (
                FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), [label_ period] < MAX ( 'Table'[label_ period] ) ),
                [label_ period]
            )
    )
)

 The final output is shown below:

vyalanwumsft_0-1637560927210.png

Best Regards,
Community Support Team_ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Anonymous
Not applicable

@v-yalanwu-msft,

Thank you very much, it worked perfectly.

Ps. Talesfg

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , you need to create a dense rank on period label  or order KPI and prefer that to be in separate column along with base column, joined to this table

 

example

new column

Qtr Rank = RANKX(all('Date'),'Date'[Qtr Start date],,ASC,Dense)

 

Measure 
This Qtr = CALCULATE(sum('Table'[Qty]), FILTER(ALL('Date'),'Date'[Qtr Rank]=max('Date'[Qtr Rank])))
Last Qtr = CALCULATE(sum('Table'[Qty]), FILTER(ALL('Date'),'Date'[Qtr Rank]=max('Date'[Qtr Rank])-1))

 

 

 

The approach which we follow on week or custom months

Power BI — Week on Week and WTD
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-wtd-questions-time-intelligence-4-5-98c30fab69d3
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Week-Is-Not-So-Weak-WTD-Last-WTD-and-This-Week-vs-Last-Week/ba-p/1051123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnAesWxYgJ8

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Anonymous
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@amitchandak ,

 

Thank you very much, this solution also worked.

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