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Dominaky
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8 years ago
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DATEADD returns same value - cannot do YOY

Hello,

 

I'm a beginner with Power BI but I could not find an answer to my question. I have a database and want to show Year over Year for a metric. 

 

My sales data is coming from 'Sales_report'. I also have created a new table 'DATE' with the formula 'calendarauto'. 

I created two measures:

TOTAL SALES = Sum(sales_report[retail_qty])
LY TOTAL SALES = Calculate([TOTAL SALES], DATEADD('DATE'[DATE], -1, YEAR)

 

the second column does not give the value from last year, it returns the same value of current year

 

What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

 

  • What date field are you using in your visual? 

     

    One from your 'sales_report' table? or the one from your 'DATE' table?

  • Dominaky's avatar
    Dominaky
    8 years ago

    That was the problem! I was using the date field from the sales_report in my visual. Now it works!

     

    Thank you.

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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    Microsoft Employee

    What date field are you using in your visual? 

     

    One from your 'sales_report' table? or the one from your 'DATE' table?

    • Dominaky's avatar
      Dominaky
      Frequent Visitor

      That was the problem! I was using the date field from the sales_report in my visual. Now it works!

       

      Thank you.