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RyanBrantley
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Duplicate Visualizations, Different Behavior

I literally copied a visualization and used different data sets with identical field and data structures, but I'm getting a different outcome in the visualization.

 

We're pulling our Azure and AWS hosting costs for month over month % change trend in the last quarter.

 

Both data sets are updated daily.  The MoM% was calculated identically, the vis filters are set identical (last 3 calendar months) however as you can see in below screenshots that one viz shows current month (April) + previous two, while the other viz shows the previous 3 months (not April).

 

Again, both data sources are updated daily, and both have data for the current month.

 

awsmom.jpg

 

azmom.jpg

 

Quick edit, here are the MoM% formulas:

AWS Cost MoM% = 
IF(
	ISFILTERED('DateTable'[Date]),
	ERROR("Time intelligence quick measures can only be grouped or filtered by the Power BI-provided date hierarchy or primary date column."),
	VAR __PREV_MONTH =
		CALCULATE(
			SUM('AWS Util'[AWS Cost]),
			DATEADD('DateTable'[Date].[Date], -1, MONTH)
		)
	RETURN
		DIVIDE(SUM('AWS Util'[AWS Cost]) - __PREV_MONTH, __PREV_MONTH)
)

And the Azure MOM:

Az Cost MoM% = 
IF(
	ISFILTERED('DateTable'[Date]),
	ERROR("Time intelligence quick measures can only be grouped or filtered by the Power BI-provided date hierarchy or primary date column."),
	VAR __PREV_MONTH =
		CALCULATE(
			SUM('Az Util'[Az Cost]),
			DATEADD('DateTable'[Date], -1, MONTH)
		)
	RETURN
		DIVIDE(SUM('Az Util'[Az Cost]) - __PREV_MONTH, __PREV_MONTH)
)
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RyanBrantley
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Jeez - nevermind, just answered my own question with this post.  Will leave for posterity in case anyone needs it for reference:

 

DATEADD('DateTable'[Date].[Date], -1, MONTH)

Was the issue in the AWS calculation.  Thought I had removed it, but apparently not.  For whatever reason the [Date].[Date] vs just [Date] will evaluate current month.... 

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RyanBrantley
Frequent Visitor

Jeez - nevermind, just answered my own question with this post.  Will leave for posterity in case anyone needs it for reference:

 

DATEADD('DateTable'[Date].[Date], -1, MONTH)

Was the issue in the AWS calculation.  Thought I had removed it, but apparently not.  For whatever reason the [Date].[Date] vs just [Date] will evaluate current month.... 

Hi @RyanBrantley ,

 

Thank you for your sharing, I'm sure it will provide reference for many people,. I suggest that you mark your replies as answers so that people can search for this post faster.

 

Best Regards,

Dedmon Dai

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