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Compare values by year in PowerBI Desktop
Hello,
I want to compare values from different periods (years). I want in Line Chart report to compare the values from different years month by month. The important columns are Date and Q-ty.
My data is:
I want to compare these last 3 years in Line Chart or any other which is suitable. The data in lines is just to show how it should looks it is not with real data. I have also a DATE table, if it will be needed.
Thanks in advance!
Don't know if it is too simplistic, but if you parse the date as 2 added columns (one for year and one for month), then create a line chart with Month as the Axis, Year as the Legend and Quantity as the Value, doesn't that give the effect you are looking for? I didn't add a measure to smooth out the charts, just did the basics and got this:
Hi Anonymous,
I have created two measure based on what I understand from you,
- PYR - previous year Qty
- TWOYRBCK = Qty 2 years ago
See the gif,
I hope I made it clear.
Regards,
Siva
5 Replies
- SivaMani
Resident Rockstar
Anonymous,
Have you tried calculated columns?
- AnonymousNot applicable
Yes , I have tried columns with YEAR() and MONTH(), but I don't know how to compae values from different years on one chart.
- SivaMani
Resident Rockstar
Hi Anonymous,
I have created two measure based on what I understand from you,
- PYR - previous year Qty
- TWOYRBCK = Qty 2 years ago
See the gif,
I hope I made it clear.
Regards,
Siva