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Helper ILastYear Sales same period not calculated properly
I need to have the sales for last year same period ( like 01/01/2015 to 06/10/2015) copmpared to this years to date sale
I'm using this DAX:
LY YTD Sales = CALCULATE([LY Sales],SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(DateDimension[Date]))
LY Sales = CALCULATE([Total Sale], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(DateDimension[Date]))
Total Sale = SUMX(OrderArchive,OrderArchive[Total])
But what it returns it the toal sales for all years before ( my data contains from 2010) and not only 2015!
I tried DATEADD(xxx,-1,year) but still hetting same reults. what am I doing wrong ?
This is the data where comparing sales for each month per year
here is the reults of DAX as I mentioned above
Thanks in advance for looking this up
iLikeAzureSQL these functions need context to work properly like in a table/matrix with a YEAR field
This is obviously not present in a Card!
So for a Card use something like this instead...
LY Sales = CALCULATE ( [Total Sale], FILTER ( 'Calendar', 'Calendar'[Year] = MAX ( 'Calendar'[Year] ) - 1 ) )
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SeanCommunity Champion
iLikeAzureSQL these functions need context to work properly like in a table/matrix with a YEAR field
This is obviously not present in a Card!
So for a Card use something like this instead...
LY Sales = CALCULATE ( [Total Sale], FILTER ( 'Calendar', 'Calendar'[Year] = MAX ( 'Calendar'[Year] ) - 1 ) )
