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Gionedis
Helper I
Helper I

Same day Last Month - Month not continuous

Hello,

 

I have a column with number of customers of the day, i need to compare it with the same day last month, the problem is that i don't have all days in my table, i don't have weekends and holidays, because there are no customers these days. For these days i need to find the closest day.

Ex:

day 23/03/2023 (717) i want to compare with 23/02/2023 (817)

day 22/03/2023 (773) i want to compare with 17/02/2023 (758), because I don't have 22/02/2023 so the next available day is 17/02

 

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Thanks

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I assume you have a date dim table in the model.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file. I tired to create a sample pbix file like below.

I hope the below can provide some ideas on how to create a solution for your datamodel.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1680292943790.png

 

Jihwan_Kim_1-1680293506639.png

 

 

Prev month value measure: =
VAR _prevmonthdate =
    CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Calendar'[Date] ), DATEADD ( 'Calendar'[Date], -1, MONTH ) )
VAR _alldatesbeforeprevmonthdate =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        FILTER ( ALL ( 'Calendar' ), 'Calendar'[Date] <= _prevmonthdate ),
        "@value", [Value measure:]
    )
VAR _nonblankvaluelatestdatebeforeprevmonthdate =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( _alldatesbeforeprevmonthdate, [@value] <> BLANK () ),
        'Calendar'[Date]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        NOT ISBLANK ( [Value measure:] ),
        CALCULATE (
            [Value measure:],
            'Calendar'[Date] = _nonblankvaluelatestdatebeforeprevmonthdate
        )
    )

 

 


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CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

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Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I assume you have a date dim table in the model.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file. I tired to create a sample pbix file like below.

I hope the below can provide some ideas on how to create a solution for your datamodel.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1680292943790.png

 

Jihwan_Kim_1-1680293506639.png

 

 

Prev month value measure: =
VAR _prevmonthdate =
    CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Calendar'[Date] ), DATEADD ( 'Calendar'[Date], -1, MONTH ) )
VAR _alldatesbeforeprevmonthdate =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        FILTER ( ALL ( 'Calendar' ), 'Calendar'[Date] <= _prevmonthdate ),
        "@value", [Value measure:]
    )
VAR _nonblankvaluelatestdatebeforeprevmonthdate =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( _alldatesbeforeprevmonthdate, [@value] <> BLANK () ),
        'Calendar'[Date]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        NOT ISBLANK ( [Value measure:] ),
        CALCULATE (
            [Value measure:],
            'Calendar'[Date] = _nonblankvaluelatestdatebeforeprevmonthdate
        )
    )

 

 


If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


Click here to visit my LinkedIn page

Click here to schedule a short Teams meeting to discuss your question.

Works like a Charm Thanks, I'll study this formula to understand in the future, Thank you, my friend

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