Time intelligence functions not working unless date filter is included

[jkinstler]

I am having issues getting the time  intelligence dax funcations to work how I would expect them to.   I am using the AdventureWorks tabular model and created the following simple measure.  Can anyone explain to me why this returns a blank when I drag it on to the screen with no other filters?  Once I add a date filter or include the date in the table it then works.  How can I get this to show previous year data based on todays date?

Measure:

Internet Total Sales (PY) = CALCULATE([Internet Total Sales], PREVIOUSYEAR('Date'[Date]) )

[Greg_Deckler]

@jkinstler Wow, you are the first person to ever have an issue with DAX Time "Intelligence" functions. JK 🙂

You may find this helpful - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/To-bleep-With-Time-Intelligence/ba-p/1260000

Also, see if my Time Intelligence the Hard Way provides a different way of accomplishing what you are going for.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Time-Intelligence-quot-The-Hard-Way-quot-TIT...

[jkinstler]

Thanks for the response Greg.  I did find those two posts before posting this.  I am trying to figure out if this is how it is supose to work or if I am some how doing something wrong.  

Here is a screen shot.  Left as long as there is a year in grid or filter it works.  on the right it doesn't work.  Can I some how add a filter in the dax to have it show data based on last year by default.