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Christina_R
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3 years ago
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DAX formula not recognizing period (.)

Hi, I have an issue with a measure i try to create for calculating the profit target as 10% higher than the previous month's profit. So I create a measure like this Profit Target = [Previous Mo...
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    Christina_R
    3 years ago

    Hi all

     

    thanks for your help

    The issue now is fixed, after i applied my Windows settings to match the ones of Power BI.

     

    For Windows i had comma (,) as decimal seperator and this seems to have been overruling the settings of Power BI

     

    Christina

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DoubleJ
Solution Supplier
3 years ago

Hi
That's strange, seems to be some locale issue. As a workaround you could : 
[Previous Month Profit] * 110/100

Hope this helps
JJ

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    Christina_R
    Regular Visitor
    3 years ago

    Hi Jj

    thanks!

    i did that already as a workaround but just was wondering if there is an actual fix

     

    Christina