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I'm trying to calculate the difference between volumes of two consecutive months in the same year (a net gain/loss). I must keep track of which months are being subtracted as well as the volume difference. For example, I must calculate D7-D2 (Month 2 - Month 1 in 2018). What is the best way to accomplish this?
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Hi @Anonymous ,
create a Date column and use a MoM (Month over Month) time intelligence calculation (Measure).
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Hi @Anonymous ,
create a Date column and use a MoM (Month over Month) time intelligence calculation (Measure).
If I answered your question, please mark my post as solution, this will also help others.
Please give Kudos for support.
Marcus Wegener works as Full Stack Power BI Engineer at BI or DIE.
His mission is clear: "Get the most out of data, with Power BI."
twitter - LinkedIn - YouTube - website - podcast - Power BI Tutorials
Thanks so much!!
For anyone else who views this, you must use the DATE function to create the date column as such:
DATE('table1[year]','table1[month]',1)
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