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Helper IMonth to Date -X
Helper IWhat I am needing to do is compare the month to date for the month compared to the month to dates for all the previous months in history.
So, if I am looking at April 17, 2018, I need to compare the current sum MTD against the 1-17 day sum for all months previously (2013-Present). What the outlier distance tells me is that if the 1-17 date sum for this month is within the acceptable range versus the previous MTD in time.
The catch is, I need to display last month's sum MTD (March 1-17) versus the 1-17 day sum for months previously before that (excluding April, since it is after March). This needs to be for the past 6-7 months.
For outlier distance, and acceptable distance is between -3 and 3, so having a 30+ outlier distance is alarming.
When running the sample numbers through the formula, the outlier distance for MTD should be 0.54, not 40.22, which is how it is now.
Maybe I am doing something wrong and need to approach it differently? I am open to any ideas. Thank you for all your assistance.
Super UserHi vbaker,
Sorry for insisting on this but there is something on the setup that I still not getting can you make an MTD example with number that I can check within the model you sent.
All the detailed calculations? Just for one month example March and February comparision.
You file is very complete but I'm lost within the measures within measures and can't get the number you want to have to calculate everything matching.
Again sorry for the question but just wnat to give you every help possible.
Regards,
MFelix