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Chase234
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3 years ago
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Measure for percentage change using date fields

Hi, Super new to Power BI but I have a table for capturing when an objective was created with a date/time column called 'createdOn' I want to calculate how many have been created per month so I...
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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi Chase234 ,

     

    Please try like:

    the percentage change = 
VAR _pre = CALCULATE([Total Objectives],PREVIOUSMONTH('Calendar'[Date]))
VAR _change = DIVIDE([Total Objectives]-_pre,_pre)
RETURN
_change

    Best Regards,
    Gao
    Community Support Team

     

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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Hi Chase234 ,

 

Please try like:

the percentage change = 
VAR _pre = CALCULATE([Total Objectives],PREVIOUSMONTH('Calendar'[Date]))
VAR _change = DIVIDE([Total Objectives]-_pre,_pre)
RETURN
_change

Best Regards,
Gao
Community Support Team

 

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

How to get your questions answered quickly --  How to provide sample data in the Power BI Forum

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Chase234
Frequent Visitor
3 years ago

Sorry, I have been out of action for a few weeks but thank you this is exactly the equation I needed to get what get my desired results!