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I'd like to create something like the below, which shows the % change of something when compared to a single point in time.
I know I can easily show 'month on month' % changes, but I'd like to show how the % changes look every month when that month is compared to a selected month in the past.
I've had to sanitise the data a bit, but here's what I've got - a date table and an events table. Many events happen each day, so I'll need a COUNT for the 'Base Month' then a measure to take each subsequent month and compare to the Base Month to get the % change. I'd like to lines on the chart, one for each 'Event Type'. The X axis will be 'Start of Month', the other axis will be '% Change'.
I'd really like the 'Base Month' to be set by a slicer so the user can update this, but if that's not possible, I'm happy to hard code a date in DAX as plan b.
| [Dates] | [Events] | |||||
| Date | FirstOfMonth | EventID | Date | EventType | ||
| 01/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 1 | 01/01/2023 | Minor | ||
| 02/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 2 | 01/01/2023 | Major | ||
| 03/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 3 | 01/01/2023 | Minor | ||
| 04/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 4 | 05/01/2023 | Major | ||
| 05/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 5 | 05/01/2023 | Minor | ||
| 06/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 6 | 05/01/2023 | Major | ||
| 07/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 7 | 05/01/2023 | Major | ||
| 08/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 8 | 09/01/2023 | Minor | ||
| 09/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 9 | 09/01/2023 | Major | ||
| 10/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 10 | 09/01/2023 | Major | ||
| 11/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 11 | 12/01/2023 | Minor | ||
| 12/01/2023 | 01/01/2023 | 12 | 12/01/2023 | Minor |
These dates and events continue up to today, I've just truncated the data for this post.
I've spent a day trying to get ChatGPT to help with DAX with no luck, so here's hoping the human commnuity can come to my aid!
Thanks.
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