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Month over Month calculation
Hello PBI experts,
I have a sample FactTable:
And a Month_Order table:
I'm trying to create a measure to compare Month over Month sales:
Sales last Month =
CALCULATE(
SUM(FactTable[Sales]),
PARALLELPERIOD(
Month_Order[Year/Month].[Date],
-1,
MONTH)
)But I'm not sure how to correct the above DAX, and I'm getting the same value as Sum of Sales:
(on a side note - we use 10,11,12,01,02...... as month column because these are the values retrieved from our db and used to connect different tables in the real life PBI file.)
Can anyone please advise? Thanks.
1 Reply
Winniethewinner , Use date table, Marked as date table
example
Month behind Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),dateadd('Date'[Date],-1,Month))
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