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Hi
I am pretty new to DAX and am just looking for pointers to add a new column which pulls out the monthly totals by unit.
Month | Unit | YTD |
31/01/2022 | A | 50 |
31/01/2022 | B | 100 |
28/02/2022 | A | 70 |
28/02/2022 | B | 120 |
31/03/2022 | A | 100 |
31/03/2022 | B | 160 |
30/04/2022 | A | 130 |
30/04/2022 | B | 200 |
I have managed to use the following for coverting YTD to monthly without the Unit but really struggling with looking up the unit. Had a look into LOOKUPVALUE and can't seem to get it working.
Column =
VAR pv =
CALCULATE (
MAX(Sales[YTD],
Sales[Month] < EARLIER(Sales[Month]),
REMOVEFILTERS(Sales)
)
IF(MONTH(Sales[Month]) = 1, Sales[YTD],
Sales[YTD] - pv
)
Any help or guidance would be really appreciated!
Solved! Go to Solution.
@metcala So like this?
Column =
VAR pv =
CALCULATE (
MAX(Sales[YTD],
Sales[Month] < EARLIER(Sales[Month]) && Sales[Unit] = EARLIER(Sales[Unit]),
REMOVEFILTERS(Sales)
)
IF(MONTH(Sales[Month]) = 1, Sales[YTD],
Sales[YTD] - pv
)
@metcala So like this?
Column =
VAR pv =
CALCULATE (
MAX(Sales[YTD],
Sales[Month] < EARLIER(Sales[Month]) && Sales[Unit] = EARLIER(Sales[Unit]),
REMOVEFILTERS(Sales)
)
IF(MONTH(Sales[Month]) = 1, Sales[YTD],
Sales[YTD] - pv
)