How to create new measure with specific date time frame

[graceweii]

The goal is to create a graph like the follownig. But the problem now is that I don't know how to create the x-axis dates. 

The garph is basically by year, but by a specific time frame and it changes every month. For example, the currrent time is August 2021. So the columns from right to left should 08.2020-07.2021,  08.2019-07.2020,  08.2018-07.2019,  etc. Then, next month (Septmeber 2021), the columns from right to left should be 09.2020-08.2021,  09.2019-08.2020,  09.2018-08.2019,  etc.

The data source is a SSAS data cube, so I can't use Power Query. There is a date table in the model. 

Thank you in advance! And I hope I explained the problem clearly. Please let me know if you need any more information. 

[v-shex-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @graceweii,

I'd like to suggest you create a custom column to grouping current date values into specific ranges and tagged them as you mentioned. Then you can use this field as the shared axis of your chart and the other two value fields for the y axis.

BTW, the new field is stored with text type, its sort order may not works the same as you wanted, you can refer to the following blog for custom sorting order of text values.

Custom Sorting in Power BI 
Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[nvprasad]

Hi,

The axis labels should come from any column of the table. You need to create a calculated column as per need then use that in the chart axis.

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Regards,
N V Durga Prasad