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knowparthshah
Frequent Visitor

Using CALCULATE with variable

When I write this measure,

 

Amt CYPY =
VAR py = 2019
RETURN
CALCULATE (
[Amt], YEAR(Sales[Date]) >= py
)
 
the table shows values for only years greater than 2019 ( and empty against other years)
 
but when I use 
 
Amt CYPY =
VAR py = [PreviousYear]
RETURN
CALCULATE (
[Amt], YEAR(Sales[Date]) >= py
)
 
it shows data for al years
 
PreviousYear = [CurrentYear] - 1
 
I want to make the 2019 in the above measure dynamic.
i.e. it takes max year of sales data as currentyear and m-1 as previous year
 
please help, I am new to Power bi
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Parkavi
Frequent Visitor

@knowparthshah  Please make sure you have used the below DAX measure for [CurrentYear], which will return the max year in the table irrespective of any filters applied

 

CurrentYear = 

CALCULATE(YEAR(MAX(Sales[Date])),ALL(Sales))

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Parkavi
Frequent Visitor

@knowparthshah  Please make sure you have used the below DAX measure for [CurrentYear], which will return the max year in the table irrespective of any filters applied

 

CurrentYear = 

CALCULATE(YEAR(MAX(Sales[Date])),ALL(Sales))

Thanks a lot, It worked

az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

@knowparthshah 

how do you calculate [CurrentYear]? Is it measure or calculated column?

 

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It is a measure 

 

Year ( max ( Sales[Date]))

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