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gvg
Post Prodigy
5 years ago
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Measure does not work when applied as calculated column formula

Hi, I have a simple table : I need to add a column that contains sales of the previous year. I can easily calculate it with a measure like this:   Amount previous year = CALCULATE( sum ( ...
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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    5 years ago

    gvg try this for calculated column

     

    Prev Year = 
VAR __prevYear = Sales[Year] - 1 
RETURN
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Sales[Amount] ), ALL ( Sales ), Sales[Year] = __prevYear )

     

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gvg
Post Prodigy
5 years ago

Yep, that works. Than you. Why it works with a variable and not working with my measure?