Calculate the count of this year Vs Last year

[Anonymous]

Greeting all  ,

Well im trying to create 2 measures , one that will display the number of babies born by month year and the other measure that calculate the number of babies born by month year - 1

here as exemple of what im trying to do : 

So if we take the first column , the first measure will display the number of babies in september 2020 and the other measure will display the number of babies in september 2019 . 

assume that im using 2 tables , Babies_Details , and normal Date table where i created a calculated column called Month Year . 

i was able to create the first Measure , it's simple just count row and filter them by Month year . my issue here a trick that can help me create the second measure the N-1 . 

Thanks all in advance ^^ 

[HashamNiaz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous !

You cna create a second measure using below DAX;

LastYearBabyCount = CALCULATE([BabyCount], DATEADD('Calendar'[Date], -1, YEAR))

You can replace BabyCount wih your first measure name, this will calculate the no. of babies in previous year.

Regards,

Hasham

[Anonymous]

Thanks , it works . 

i tho about it , but i was afraid that maybe it wont work with the filter of date month . Thanks again for ur answer , u saved me 🙂 ^^