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tulsi
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7 years ago
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Month over Month Comparison from previous year

Hey,

I have three columns in my dataset, month, task name and hours. I have to compare the % change of hours by task name month over month from last year. Can you help me with this.

 

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  • v-yuta-msft's avatar
    v-yuta-msft
    7 years ago

    tulsi ,

     

    Click on the change column and click Modeling-> Format, change the format to percentage.

     

     

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    v-yuta-msft
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    7 years ago

    tulsi ,

     

    Generally, you can create a measure using DAX below:

    Change =
VAR Current_Month =
    MONTH ( Table[Date] )
VAR Previous_Month = Current_Month - 1
VAR Current_Month_Hours =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( Table[Hours] ),
        FILTER ( Table, MONTH ( Table[Date] ) = Current_Month )
    )
VAR Previous_Month_Hours =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( Table[Hours] ),
        FILTER ( Table, MONTH ( Table[Date] ) = Previous_Month )
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        YEAR ( Table[Date] )
            >= YEAR ( TODAY () ) - 1,
        Current_Month_Hours - Previous_Month_Hours / Previous_Month_Hours,
        BLANK ()
    )

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    • tulsi's avatar
      tulsi
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      7 years ago

      Thanks for the reply. Do I need to create a calendar table first? Sorry I'm new to powerBI. The date mentioned in the third line 

       MONTH ( Table[Date]

      Is this from the calendar table?

       

      Thanks 

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      tulsi
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      7 years ago

      Hey,

      I tried your DAX formula to create a calculated formula like this;

      Change =
      VAR Current_Month =
      Month (Final[Month])
      VAR Previous_Month = Current_Month - 1
      VAR Current_Month_Hours =
      CALCULATE(
      SUM( Final[Total Number of Hours]),
      FILTER(Final,MONTH(Final[Month])=Current_Month)
      )
      VAR Previous_Month_Hours =
      CALCULATE(
      SUM(Final[Total Number of Hours]),
      FILTER(Final,MONTH(Final[Month])=Previous_Month)
      )
      RETURN
      IF(
      YEAR(Final[Month])
      >= YEAR( TODAY() )-1,
      Current_Month_Hours - Previous_Month_Hours / Previous_Month_Hours,
      BLANK()
      )

      Now the result that I want is % change in the total number of hours by task name month by month but i'm getting something like this;

      • v-yuta-msft's avatar
        v-yuta-msft
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        7 years ago

        tulsi ,

         

        Click on the change column and click Modeling-> Format, change the format to percentage.

         

         

        Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.