Half YoY difference on half Year (Whole Number) field, Not Date field

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm relatively new to DAX and have a challenge.

I have a file with a Year column (no month, no day in any other column). I can't change the year to a date or all years turn to 1905. I want to do a semiannual YoY % change calculation. I've tried multiple versions of measures and no luck. Here's a sample of the data:

Company	vendor	Half Year	Revenue
Quark	Quark	2018H1	$173.01
Quark	Quark	2018H2	$34.33
Quark	Quark	2019H1	$59.48
Adobe	Adobe	2018H1	$149.17
Adobe	Adobe	2018H2	$72.93
Adobe	Adobe	2019H1	$17.32

Any guidance is appreciated.

Thank you !

Dakshayani

[AllisonKennedy · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous You'll need to somehow convert that Year column to a date. You can do this in Power Query using Split column > Delimiter > Custom > H

Then add a column > Conditional column > IF Year.2 = 1 then 1/1/ else 7/1 

(Or use the start month for each half year).

Now combine Year.1 with the new Custom column using the "Merge Columns" button (use Ctrl to select both columns). 

Then you'll have a date column > change type to date. Connect to a date table and you'll be able to use CALCULATE and DATEADD to get your YoY growth. Excel with Allison: DimDate: What, Why and How? 

[v-cgao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Please try this measure:

Measure = 
VAR _cur_hy = SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Half Year])
VAR _next_hy = CALCULATE(MIN('Table'[Half Year]),'Table'[Half Year]>_cur_hy)
VAR _next_hy_revenue = CALCULATE([Total revenue],'Table'[Half Year]=_next_hy)
VAR _rate = IF(ISBLANK(_next_hy_revenue),BLANK(),DIVIDE(_next_hy_revenue-[Total revenue],[Total revenue]))
RETURN
_rate

Best Regards,
Gao
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[Anonymous]

Hello Gao,

I need help in this same problem.

My first question is the dax function you gave is for semiannual growth means between eg. 2018H1 & 2019H1

Or for sequential growth between e.g 2018H1 & 2018H2  ??

Can you please provide dax function for both.

Thank you in advance

[v-cgao-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

You can split [Half Year] into [Year] and [Period].

then try this measure.

Measure = 
VAR _cur_year = SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Year])
VAR _last_year = _cur_year - 1
VAR _period = SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Period])
VAR _cur_revenue = SUM('Table'[Revenue])
VAR _same_period_last_year_revenue = 
CALCULATE(
    SUM('Table'[Revenue]),
        FILTER(
            ALLSELECTED('Table'),
            'Table'[Year]=_last_year
                &&'Table'[Period]=_period
        )
)
RETURN
IF(
    ISBLANK(_same_period_last_year_revenue),
    BLANK(),
    DIVIDE(
        SUM('Table'[Revenue])-_same_period_last_year_revenue,
        _same_period_last_year_revenue
    )
)

Best Regards,
Gao
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[Anonymous]

Hello @v-cgao-msft 

The solution you gave its right but its not working with muy custmized filters.

I am attaching my file. Can you Please check  https://github.com/daksh0444/My-work/blob/13e7df1cb39b311a3b85d9f5fab97995e06a05f1/Dash1%20-%20Copy%... 

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Thank you

[Anonymous]

Hello Gao,

Wonderful. I just wanted to drop a quick note and say thank you so much for your help. It's working perfectly for me and I really appreciate your assistance. Thank you so much, it was a great help!

Best,

Dakshaayni Swami
dakshayani

[AllisonKennedy · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous You'll need to somehow convert that Year column to a date. You can do this in Power Query using Split column > Delimiter > Custom > H

Then add a column > Conditional column > IF Year.2 = 1 then 1/1/ else 7/1 

(Or use the start month for each half year).

Now combine Year.1 with the new Custom column using the "Merge Columns" button (use Ctrl to select both columns). 

Then you'll have a date column > change type to date. Connect to a date table and you'll be able to use CALCULATE and DATEADD to get your YoY growth. Excel with Allison: DimDate: What, Why and How?