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sb4pbi
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1 year ago
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Current vs Previous Period based on date selection in drop down, populate Table or Matrix Power BI

Hello Folks, I have a below client requirement on Power BI desktop, for which i have created dummy data attached.  provide any help.    Requirement:  Choose Order Date from slicer drop down ex...
  • danextian's avatar
    1 year ago

    Hi sb4pbi 

    Use a column from  a disconnected dates table for the dropdown as using one from the same or related table will show only that are selected from the slicer  - eg., if you select April 30, your visual will show this date only. Create one using DAX or M. Here's a sample DAX calc table.

    DisconnectedDates = 
    DISTINCT ( 'Data'[Date] )

    Take note that there is no relationship between DisconnectedDates and Data in the screenshot below

     

    Create the following measures

    Current Week = 
    VAR _RefDate =
        MAX ( DisconnectedDates[Date] )
    VAR _start = _RefDate - 7
    VAR _end = _RefDate - 1
    RETURN
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( Data[Value] ),
            KEEPFILTERS ( Data[Date] >= _start && Data[Date] <= _end )
        )
    
    Previous Week = 
    VAR _RefDate =
        MAX ( DisconnectedDates[Date] )
    VAR _start = _RefDate - 14
    VAR _end = _RefDate - 8
    RETURN
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( Data[Value] ),
            KEEPFILTERS ( Data[Date] >= _start && Data[Date] <= _end )
        )
    

     Create the following measure that can be used to sort a table with the current dates first then the previous ones.

    Current or Prev = 
    VAR _number =
        SWITCH (
            TRUE (),
            NOT ( ISBLANK ( [Current Week] ) ), 1,
            NOT ( ISBLANK ( [Previous Week] ) ), 2
        )
    RETURN
        IF ( NOT ( ISBLANK ( _number ) ), REPT ( UNICHAR ( 8203 ), _number ) )
    

    Rename this measure to a space once added to the table so the column name doesn't show. Resize it further so the arrow is not visible.

     

    Please see the attached pbix.