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Fardy
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Create column Date N-1 based on week ISO

Hello everyone,

 

I'm creating a date table with a 'Date' column and I want to add a 'Date N-1' column corresponding to the same day (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...) of the same week of the previous year.

For example, if I take Wednesday May 1, 2024, I want Wednesday May 3, 2023.

I work with week in ISO format.

 

Thank you

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Hi @Anonymous, 

 

Thanks for your reply, but this formula won't work in 2025, as my screenshot shows.

 

Fardy_0-1714719959213.png

 

I've found an alternative solution which consists in creating my date table with these two columns in a csv file instead of generating it with M or DAX.

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Anonymous
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Hi @Fardy ,

Please follow these steps:
1. Use the following DAX expression to create a column

Date N-1 = 
VAR _a = WEEKNUM([Date],2)
VAR _b = WEEKDAY([Date],2)
VAR _c = DATE(YEAR([Date])-1,1,1) + (_a-1) * 7 + _b
RETURN _c

2.Final output

vzhouwenmsft_0-1714704891222.png

 

Hi @Anonymous, 

 

Thanks for your reply, but this formula won't work in 2025, as my screenshot shows.

 

Fardy_0-1714719959213.png

 

I've found an alternative solution which consists in creating my date table with these two columns in a csv file instead of generating it with M or DAX.

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