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Dynamic Variance between Figures
I've used PARRALLELPERIOD for MONTH, to get FTE difference between the previous month.
However I have to do another for YEAR, QUARTER etc.
Is there any way at all to do with dynamically with EARLIER.
So I can have 1 variance figure on a matrix table or a graph, but I can drill down. So the year differential will be shown, but drill into the months and the differential will be shown between them too.
Any help or advice? Thank you.
I have a date table, relationship to a cycle date on the fact table, which also has FTE value.
5 Replies
pbijack93 You may find this helpful - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/To-bleep-With-Time-Intelligence/ba-p/1260000
Also, see if my Time Intelligence the Hard Way provides a different way of accomplishing what you are going for.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Time-Intelligence-quot-The-Hard-Way-quot-TITHW/m-p/434008Sorry, having trouble following, can you post sample data as text and expected output?
Not really enough information to go on, please first check if your issue is a common issue listed here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Before-You-Post-Read-This/ba-p/1116882
Also, please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490
The most important parts are:
1. Sample data as text, use the table tool in the editing bar
2. Expected output from sample data
3. Explanation in words of how to get from 1. to 2.Greg_Deckler thank you 🙂
The below shows you so far - Month_Var has the following DAX:
FTE_Prev_Mnth = CALCULATE( [FTE_Demand], PARALLELPERIOD( Date_Dim[Date], -1, MONTH) )However - how can i make this dynamic, for example not always a period of -1 , say if i selected april-24 and july-24 , id like to see the difference between them two months.
And also - say if i drill up on the matrix , can Month_Var for example show the difference between the years, all within one measure/column.
Ive tried with the dynamic one - thats just totalling each months FTE total without a filter and comparing to itself, however I thought I was on the correct lines... Seems not!!
Dynamic FTE_Demand Difference = var dt =SELECTEDVALUE(Fact_IBP_Data[Cycle_Date]) var min_dt = CALCULATE(MIN(Fact_IBP_Data[Cycle_Date]),Fact_IBP_Data[Cycle_Date]>dt) var val = CALCULATE(SUM(Fact_IBP_Data[FTE]),Fact_IBP_Data[Cycle_Date]=min_dt) - SUM(Fact_IBP_Data[FTE]) return valpbijack93 Yeah, my advice is to not use DAX TI functions, they are not flexible or intuitive. Better to do it with just good old FILTER function.
Greg_Deckler any thoughts, thank you
