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Zach5152
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Need to return previous value in data set

Hello, 

 

So I have a data set with people assigned with multiple dates. I am trying to pull the value(date) prior to. Ex. John has dates 10/12. 10/16 and 10/23 I want to pull the 10/16 date instead of the 10/23 date. 

 

Can anyone help? 

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v-rzhou-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Zach5152 ,

 

Please try code as below.

Date Before =
VAR _ADDRANK =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        'Table',
        "Rank", RANKX ( FILTER ( 'Table', [Name] = EARLIER ( [Name] ) ), [Date],, DESC, DENSE )
    )
RETURN
    MAXX ( FILTER ( _ADDRANK, [Rank] = 2 ), [Date] )

My Sample:

vrzhoumsft_0-1699264070026.png

Result is as below.

vrzhoumsft_1-1699264088502.png

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

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

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v-rzhou-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Zach5152 ,

 

Please try code as below.

Date Before =
VAR _ADDRANK =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        'Table',
        "Rank", RANKX ( FILTER ( 'Table', [Name] = EARLIER ( [Name] ) ), [Date],, DESC, DENSE )
    )
RETURN
    MAXX ( FILTER ( _ADDRANK, [Rank] = 2 ), [Date] )

My Sample:

vrzhoumsft_0-1699264070026.png

Result is as below.

vrzhoumsft_1-1699264088502.png

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

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

Ahmedx
Super User
Super User

could you share your pbix-file? Or create an example file which reproduces your issue?

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