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Anonymous
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Dynamic previous month data

Hi ,

I need to create a dynamic previous month showing data in power bi

I have date column in Fact table as "date"
I also have views col as "views" in Fact table

I have type name col in Dim table 

If I select particular month from date filter it must show count(views) for previous month of selected month for the Type= News, Reminders and Good to know in my power bi
For example if I select Sep-2022 it must show Aug - 2022 count of views for Type News, Reminders and Good to know 

It must show count for News , Reminders and Good to Know separately

TypePrev Month Count
News500
Reminders267
Good to know900


Like above table it must show

I have a relationship between dim table and fact table with ID

Please help

Thanks in advance!!!

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Sahir_Maharaj
Super User
Super User

Hello @Anonymous,

 

Use the following DAX formula to calculate the count of views for the previous month:

Prev Month Count = 
VAR SelectedMonth = SELECTEDVALUE('Fact table'[date])
VAR PreviousMonth = EDATE(SelectedMonth, -1)
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    COUNT('Fact table'[views]),
    'Fact table'[date] = PreviousMonth,
    'Dim table'[Type] IN {"News", "Reminders", "Good to know"}
)

Let me know if you might need further assistance.


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Sahir_Maharaj
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Super User

Hello @Anonymous,

 

Use the following DAX formula to calculate the count of views for the previous month:

Prev Month Count = 
VAR SelectedMonth = SELECTEDVALUE('Fact table'[date])
VAR PreviousMonth = EDATE(SelectedMonth, -1)
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    COUNT('Fact table'[views]),
    'Fact table'[date] = PreviousMonth,
    'Dim table'[Type] IN {"News", "Reminders", "Good to know"}
)

Let me know if you might need further assistance.


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution, this will help others!

If my response(s) assisted you in any way, don't forget to drop me a "Kudos" 🙂

Kind Regards,
Sahir Maharaj
Data Scientist | Data Engineer | Data Analyst | AI Engineer
P.S. Want me to build your Power BI solution? (Yes, its FREE!)
➤ Lets connect on LinkedIn: Join my network of 15K+ professionals
➤ Join my free newsletter: Data Driven: From 0 to 100
➤ Website: https://sahirmaharaj.com
➤ About: https://sahirmaharaj.com/about.html
➤ Email: sahir@sahirmaharaj.com
➤ Want me to build your Power BI solution? Lets chat about how I can assist!
➤ Join my Medium community of 30K readers! Sharing my knowledge about data science and artificial intelligence
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