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MarshalSK
Resolver I
Resolver I

Calculating the difference dynamically, based on Year selection

Hi Folks, I need asssitance to acheieve below scenario.

 

Trying to calculate the sales difference for year on year and for each product. By default, all years will be dispayed, the main cache is if the user selects different year how to calculated. For example: if user selectes 2019, 2021, 2023.

 

Data:

MarshalSK_0-1704736423119.png

Expected result:

MarshalSK_1-1704736454252.png

 

   

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi, I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but I tried to create a sample pbix file like below.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

I hope the below can provide some ideas on how to create a solution for your semantic model.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1704736924763.png

 

Jihwan_Kim_1-1704737280190.png

 

 

compare to the previous within the slicer selection: = 
VAR _currentselectsales =
    SUM ( Sales[Sales] )
VAR _currentselectyear =
    MAX ( 'Year'[Year] )
VAR _prevselectyear =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Year' ), 'Year'[Year] < _currentselectyear ),
        'Year'[Year]
    )
VAR _prevselectsales =
    CALCULATE ( SUM ( Sales[Sales] ), 'Year'[Year] = _prevselectyear )
RETURN
    IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( _prevselectsales ), _currentselectsales - _prevselectsales )

 


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MarshalSK
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MarshalSK
Resolver I
Resolver I

@Jihwan_Kim  Perfect.

Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi, I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but I tried to create a sample pbix file like below.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

I hope the below can provide some ideas on how to create a solution for your semantic model.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1704736924763.png

 

Jihwan_Kim_1-1704737280190.png

 

 

compare to the previous within the slicer selection: = 
VAR _currentselectsales =
    SUM ( Sales[Sales] )
VAR _currentselectyear =
    MAX ( 'Year'[Year] )
VAR _prevselectyear =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Year' ), 'Year'[Year] < _currentselectyear ),
        'Year'[Year]
    )
VAR _prevselectsales =
    CALCULATE ( SUM ( Sales[Sales] ), 'Year'[Year] = _prevselectyear )
RETURN
    IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( _prevselectsales ), _currentselectsales - _prevselectsales )

 


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@Jihwan_Kim  One more quick question. How to apply filter>70, on top of the above result?

Perfect

Hi, I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but do you mean something like below?

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1704822360780.png

 

compare to the previous within the slicer selection: = 
VAR _currentselectsales =
    SUM ( Sales[Sales] )
VAR _currentselectyear =
    MAX ( 'Year'[Year] )
VAR _prevselectyear =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Year' ), 'Year'[Year] < _currentselectyear ),
        'Year'[Year]
    )
VAR _prevselectsales =
    CALCULATE ( SUM ( Sales[Sales] ), 'Year'[Year] = _prevselectyear )
RETURN
    IF (
        NOT ISBLANK ( _prevselectsales )
            && _currentselectsales - _prevselectsales > 70,
        _currentselectsales - _prevselectsales
    )

If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


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I'm trying to bring in the same functionality and trying to use this same DAX but it's throwing an error. 

BUSH781_0-1717602382473.png

 

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