Calculate Percentage Change from previous Year

[clarkey1988]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me. I have the below measure which is calculating the percentage change of "Suppliers" from current month from the previous month.

So in 2021 January had 154 suppliers and February had 147 suppliers so the percentage change in suppliers is -5%.

However, instead, I need this to calculate the percentage change from the current month and year from the previous month and year.

So February 2021 had 147 suppliers and February 2020 had 151 suppliers. The percentage change would be -3%

I keep getting a column value error.

Please could someone help? Thanks!

[v-kelly-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @clarkey1988 ,

First create a calendar table,then create a relationship between the 2 tables.

Create a measure as below:

Measure =
VAR _previous =
    CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[Supplier] ), DATEADD ( 'Table'[date], -1, MONTH ) )
VAR _current =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[Supplier] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[date] = MAX ( 'Table'[date] ) )
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        ISINSCOPE ( 'Table'[Month] ),
        SUM ( 'Table'[Supplier] ),
        FORMAT ( DIVIDE ( _current - _previous, _previous ), "percent" )
    )

And you will see:

For the related .pbix file,pls see attached.

Best Regards,
Kelly

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[lbendlin]

Your formula looks a little complex.  Have you considered using SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR ()  or one of the Quick Measures?

I also don't see the column error you mention.