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tahir9
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8 years ago
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Getting prior month data to display for current month?

Hello i am trying to display the prior month totals as a measure in a table where i am showing the totals by month and year... but my measure formula isn't working not sure why? Here is the formula: ...
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    Phil_Seamark
    8 years ago

    HI tahir9

     

    Please try this calculated measure

     

    Prior days = 
    CALCULATE(
        SUM('Calendar'[Work Day]),
        ALL('Calendar'),
        PREVIOUSMONTH('Calendar'[Date])
        )
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Phil_Seamark
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8 years ago

HI tahir9

 

The magic function in my calculation is the ALL function.  This allows me to remove the implicit filtering being applied to the underlying dataset and have access to different rows.  If you do some internet searching for DAX Filter Context, there will be a bunch of articles or blogs that describe it.  I have a section in my book (aka.ms/practicalDAX) that you may also find useful.

 

 

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tahir9
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8 years ago

Thanks Phil will check out your book as well as these other resources!