Time Calculations

[Anonymous]

Hello all 

I have a sales table and calculated in a measure the average sales for each month 

now that i'm trying to calculate the diffrence between each month to the prior one , i'm getting an error that the measure cant be used 

( found the answer in quick measures)

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous , You can use time intelligence with date table

MTD Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESMTD('Date'[Date]))
last MTD Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),DATESMTD(dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,MONTH)))
last month Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),previousmonth('Date'[Date]))

Power BI — Month on Month with or Without Time Intelligence
https://medium.com/@amitchandak.1978/power-bi-mtd-questions-time-intelligence-3-5-64b0b4a4090e
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