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Anonymous
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Help with current formula

Hello power bi community, I created this measure to subtract 2 days worth of information, my measure has been working but recently since there have been some days where information is not recorded the measure does not seem to do what its supposed to. For example if on the 1st something is recorded but on the 2nd nothing is recorded the measure does not work. How can i get the measure to subtract no matter what.

This is my measure;

 

VAR __YESTERDAY =
CALCULATE(
SUM('TABLE'[Amount ]),
LASTDATE('TABLE'[Value Date]))
VAR __DAYB4YEST =
CALCULATE(
SUM('TABLE'[Amount ]),
LASTDATE('TABLE'[Value Date]-1))
RETURN
(__YESTERDAY - __DAYB4YEST)

 

For example; 

the variance is the desired output. Unfortunately since its a transaction on days where there is no movement on an account my formula does not subtract it looks like this.the variance is the desired output. Unfortunately since its a transaction on days where there is no movement on an account my formula does not subtract it looks like this.this is how it should appear.this is how it should appear.

 

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Anonymous
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Hi

Looks working fine.

 

Last date.PNG

 

Lastdate( valuedate-1) is not working, so i just hardcoded that data for testing.

 

Thanks

Raj

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v-danhe-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

Can you provide sample data? 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

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Can you please post some sample data and expected output?

Anonymous
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hello thank you for the reply, I have updated my post. 

Anonymous
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Hi

Looks working fine.

 

Last date.PNG

 

Lastdate( valuedate-1) is not working, so i just hardcoded that data for testing.

 

Thanks

Raj

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