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Walden2002
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Cumulative Totals with date slicer looking back N Months

I need help in turning a measure which calculates monthly totals into one that calculates cumulative totals each month.

 

I have a dashboard with a Period Reporting Date slicer which fitlers all the data on the page for that particular reporting period.

 

So far nice and easy. However one analysis I need to present is monthly cumulative totals up to and including that month.  

 

If have a measure which can calculate individual monthtly totals and allows users to select how many previous months to display

 

SUM Waste Last N Months =
CALCULATE(
SUM('total_all'[Value]),
DATESINPERIOD ( 'Reporting Periods'[Reporting Period Date] , MAX ( 'Reporting Periods'[Reporting Period Date] ),-[N Value], MONTH ))
 
So if February 22 is selected on the slicer and N is set to 5 then I can get a table like this
 
Walden2002_0-1653034405287.png

 

But what I'd really like is a measure to enable me to have the table above but with cumulative values for each month.

 

All help appreciated

 

Thanks

 

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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 suggest having a disconnected slicer table like the attached.

 

Untitled.png

 

Last N months cumulate measure: =
VAR selectedperiod =
    MAX ( 'Slicer table'[End of Month] )
VAR N_month = 'N Month'[N Month Value]
RETURN
    IF (
        MIN ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) <= selectedperiod,
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( Data[Quantity] ),
            DATESINPERIOD ( 'Calendar'[Date], selectedperiod, - N_month, MONTH ),
            'Calendar'[Date] <= MAX ( 'Calendar'[Date] )
        )
    )

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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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 suggest having a disconnected slicer table like the attached.

 

Untitled.png

 

Last N months cumulate measure: =
VAR selectedperiod =
    MAX ( 'Slicer table'[End of Month] )
VAR N_month = 'N Month'[N Month Value]
RETURN
    IF (
        MIN ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) <= selectedperiod,
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( Data[Quantity] ),
            DATESINPERIOD ( 'Calendar'[Date], selectedperiod, - N_month, MONTH ),
            'Calendar'[Date] <= MAX ( 'Calendar'[Date] )
        )
    )

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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Yes - thank you very much - apologies for the late reply I was on leave 

🙂

great - I'll have a look through and get back to you

 

Thanks 🙂

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