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JamesSPBI
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Calculating Moving Range

Hi all, 

 

Need a little help with working this out please. 

 

Trying to calculate the moving range between a month and the previous month over a dataset (roughly 18 months). I have been using the below, but after testing it appears to be wrong.

MovingRange = ABS([Metric]-CALCULATE([Metric],PARALLELPERIOD(DateTable[StartOfMonthDate],-1,MONTH),ALL(DateTable)))
 
Any suggestions would be really appreciated!
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bhanu_gautam
Super User
Super User

@JamesSPBI , Try updating measure as

 

MovingRange =
VAR CurrentMetric = [Metric]
VAR PreviousMetric = CALCULATE(
[Metric],
PARALLELPERIOD(DateTable[StartOfMonthDate], -1, MONTH)
)
RETURN
ABS(CurrentMetric - PreviousMetric)




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bhanu_gautam
Super User
Super User

@JamesSPBI , Try updating measure as

 

MovingRange =
VAR CurrentMetric = [Metric]
VAR PreviousMetric = CALCULATE(
[Metric],
PARALLELPERIOD(DateTable[StartOfMonthDate], -1, MONTH)
)
RETURN
ABS(CurrentMetric - PreviousMetric)




Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! And Kudos are appreciated

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mickey64
Super User
Super User

To use the time intelligence functions, you must create a calendar table.

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