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Sertan_CPH
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4 years ago

Change tracking between dates

Look at the below example. I have a basket of fruits and I update the fruits and the price everyday. One day I have 4 fruits and the next day I am missing the orrange. Prices are also different.

 

Now show me how you will create a visual that shows what changed between these dates? Now imagine how to show the change trackign for the whole year. Can you help?

 

DateFruitPrice
17-09-2021Apple10
17-09-2021Orange15
17-09-2021Banana20
17-09-2021Pear25
18-09-2021Apple15
18-09-2021Banana22
18-09-2021Pear25

8 Replies

  • Hey Sertan_CPH ,

     

    I consider the Ribbon chart a good fit for this data visualization task:

    In regards to visualizing a complete year, I recommend creating a dedicated Calendar table, and create a relationship between the Calendar table (the one-side) and your table (the many-side). Then you can use the Calendar table on the x-axis of the ribbon chart.

    This article also contains how to create a Calendar table: Time patterns – DAX Patterns

     

    Hopefully, this helps to provide some ideas on how to tackle your challenge.

     

    Regards,

    Tom

    • Sertan_CPH's avatar
      Sertan_CPH
      Frequent Visitor

      TomMartens  Hi

       

      It is very practical and I really like this method but as you can imagine my data is very large and not only few fruits but 1000 line items. It is simply too confusing to use ribbon chart in this case

  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion

    Sertan_CPH For part of the answer, you can use MTBF, which will help you show changes between days as long as items exist. See my article on Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) which uses EARLIER: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Mean-Time-Between-Failure-MTBF-and-Power-BI/ba-p/339586.
    The basic pattern is:
    Column = 
      VAR __Current = [Value]
      VAR __PreviousDate = MAXX(FILTER('Table','Table'[Date] < EARLIER('Table'[Date])),[Date])

      VAR __Previous = MAXX(FILTER('Table',[Date]=__PreviousDate),[Value])
    RETURN
      __Current - __Previous

  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion

    Sertan_CPH Here's a way to generate the necessary missing rows and calculate the change in Price:

    Table17a = 
        VAR __Table =
            ADDCOLUMNS(
                GENERATE(
                    DISTINCT('Table17'[Date]),
                    DISTINCT('Table17'[Fruit])
                ),
                "Price",LOOKUPVALUE(Table17[Price],Table17[Date],[Date],Table17[Fruit],[Fruit])+0
            )
        VAR __Table1 = 
            ADDCOLUMNS(
                __Table,
                "Change",
                    VAR __PreviousDate = MAXX(FILTER(__Table,[Date]<EARLIER([Date]) && [Fruit]<=EARLIER([Fruit])),[Date])
                    VAR __PreviousPrice = MAXX(FILTER(__Table,[Date]=__PreviousDate && [Fruit]=EARLIER([Fruit])),[Price])
                RETURN
                    [Price] - __PreviousPrice
            )
    RETURN
        __Table1
  • Hi,

    Create a Calendar Table with a relationship from the Date column of your Data Table to the Date column of your Calendar Table.  To your visual, drag the Date column from your Calendar Table and Fruit column from your Data Table.  Write these measures

    Total price = sum(data[price])

    Total price on previous day = calculate([total price],previousday(calendar[date]))

    Growth (%) = divide(([total price] - [Total price on previous day]),[Total price on previous day])

    Hope this helps.