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fatimaarshd
Helper I
Helper I

How to get previous row value of a measure?

I have been stuck at this for quite some time now. I have a table in which I create measures. Length is a column here. survival proportion m1 is a measure which takes into account two other measures total patients m1 and finished patients m1. These are how measures are calculated. 

Total Patients m1 =
VAR CurrentLength = SELECTEDVALUE(SDP_Patients[Length])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(SDP_Patients[RequestNumber]),
SDP_Patients[Length] >= CurrentLength,
ALLSELECTED(SDP_Patients))

 

and

 

Finished Patients m1 =
VAR CurrentLength = MAX(KM[Length])
VAR Result =
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(SDP_Patients[RequestNumber]),
SDP_Patients[Length] = CurrentLength && NOT(ISBLANK(SDP_Patients[ServiceEndDate])),
ALLSELECTED(SDP_Patients)
)
RETURN
IF(ISBLANK(Result), 0, Result)

 

and

survival proportion m1 = DIVIDE(([Total Patients m1] - [Finished Patients m1]),[Total Patients m1],0)

 

finally,

test1 =
VAR CurrentLength = MAX('SDP_Patients'[Length])
VAR CurrentValue = [survival proportion m1]

VAR PreviousRow =
TOPN (
1,
FILTER (
ALLSELECTED(SDP_Patients),
SDP_Patients[LENGTH] < CurrentLength

),
[Length], DESC
)
VAR PreviousValue =
MAXX ( PreviousRow, [survival proportion m1] )

RETURN
IF(
CurrentLength = 0,
CurrentValue, // Return the current value as is for the first row
PreviousValue

)

 

I have broken down my entire problem to this. I have tried every solution but no use. It just doesnt return previous value. My guess is that since its a measure thats why. 

In the end I will be taking cummulative product. But I have to solve this issue before moving on to that because that doesnt work either.

 

fatimaarshd_0-1696357671029.png

Length is non unique in original table. this is a table visual

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Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

@fatimaarshd So, in theory something like this *should* work:

PV m1 = 
  VAR __Table = 
    SUMMARIZE(
      ALLSELECTED('SDP_Patients'), 
      [Length], 
      "__TotalPatients", [Total Patients m1], 
      "__SurvivalProportion", [survival proportion m1]
    )
  VAR __Length = MAX('SDP_Patients'[Length])
  VAR __PrevLength = __Length - 1
  VAR __Result = MAXX( FILTER( __Table, [Length] = __PrevLength ), [__SurvivalProportion] )
RETURN
  __Result


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Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

@fatimaarshd So, in theory something like this *should* work:

PV m1 = 
  VAR __Table = 
    SUMMARIZE(
      ALLSELECTED('SDP_Patients'), 
      [Length], 
      "__TotalPatients", [Total Patients m1], 
      "__SurvivalProportion", [survival proportion m1]
    )
  VAR __Length = MAX('SDP_Patients'[Length])
  VAR __PrevLength = __Length - 1
  VAR __Result = MAXX( FILTER( __Table, [Length] = __PrevLength ), [__SurvivalProportion] )
RETURN
  __Result


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Thank you so much. It worked!!!!!!!!! Been stuck on this for a day. 

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