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Casperserven1
Helper I
Helper I

Accumulating using previous

I am trying to fo tthe following and struggling - I am sure this is easy but just can't see it.

New HiresRetireesTotal Workforce
3520
6323
8130
9831
4629
3131
2132
7831

So in excel my first row = 22 +New Hires - Retirees

My second row = 20 (the result from the previous row) +NewHires - Retirees
My third row    = 23  (the result from the previous row) +NewHires - Retirees
etc.. 
Tried various things including EARLIER, using indexing, 

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Kishore_KVN
Super User
Super User

Hello @Casperserven1 , 

We can achieve this using multiple ways but I can recall and create using one way among them. 

You may need to create four columns for this. 

First two columns are index columns from '0' and '1' which can be created in Power Query Editor.

For next two columns the DAX calculations looks as below:

Reference = IF('Data Table'[Index] = 0, 'Data Table'[Total Workforce],LOOKUPVALUE('Data Table'[Total Workforce],'Data Table'[Index New],'Data Table'[Index]))
Result = IF('Data Table'[Index]=0,'Data Table'[Reference],'Data Table'[Reference]+'Data Table'[New Hires]-'Data Table'[Retirees])

 

Output looks like this:

Kishore_KVN_0-1686762242228.png

 

If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it more quickly. Thank You!!

 

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Casperserven1
Helper I
Helper I

Many thanks - yes that works, however I wanted this to be a measure so that I can apply row context to it - any ideas using measures??

Casperserven1
Helper I
Helper I

Many thanks - yes that works, however I wanted this to be a measure so that I can apply row context to it - any ideas using measures??

Kishore_KVN
Super User
Super User

Hello @Casperserven1 , 

We can achieve this using multiple ways but I can recall and create using one way among them. 

You may need to create four columns for this. 

First two columns are index columns from '0' and '1' which can be created in Power Query Editor.

For next two columns the DAX calculations looks as below:

Reference = IF('Data Table'[Index] = 0, 'Data Table'[Total Workforce],LOOKUPVALUE('Data Table'[Total Workforce],'Data Table'[Index New],'Data Table'[Index]))
Result = IF('Data Table'[Index]=0,'Data Table'[Reference],'Data Table'[Reference]+'Data Table'[New Hires]-'Data Table'[Retirees])

 

Output looks like this:

Kishore_KVN_0-1686762242228.png

 

If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it more quickly. Thank You!!

 

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