KPI Comparison based on previous data entry in dataset

[jakemorris606]

Good Morning,

I am working on a KPI card for our monlthy loss time injury rate, this figure is only entered once per month, i want the card to give a comparssion based on the last month to show if its trending up or down,

i am using 'last' indicator to get the last result entered (as these are only entered monthly the last figure will always be the most up to date, however for my comparrison data there is only the option for first which will not work.

is there any way i can target the entry above the most recent entry, so i can always compair against the second to last entry in the dataset?

any help would be appreciated

[jakemorris606]

thanks for the reply, i used this method Get Value from Previous Row using Power Query - BI Gorilla 🙂 

[speedramps · Accepted solution]

It is best practice to use a Calandar table for all Power BI date logic

see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtYn1hfdSAM

and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVLaVLluYE

and all the other Calandar training modules ... they are free !

Then your answer will be something like  ....

Distinct Count MTD = 
CALCULATE( 
DISTINCTCOUNT(Injury[(InjuryID]),
Calendar(MonthOffset) = 0)

Distinct Count previous month = 
CALCULATE( 
DISTINCTCOUNT(Injury[(InjuryID]),

Calendar(MonthOffset) = -1)

Distinct Count YTD = 
CALCULATE( 
DISTINCTCOUNT(Injury[(InjuryID]),
Calendar(YearOffset) = 0)

Distinct Count previous quarter = 
CALCULATE( 
DISTINCTCOUNT(Injury[(InjuryID]),
Calendar(QuarterOffset) = -1)

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