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Kurt4597
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3 years ago
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Previous Month Filtering

Hello All,

 

I have been stuck on this issue for a few hours and really can't seem to fix it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

DateDim Table

 

 

Deals Table

 

 

I have a measure called "Average Cost" which is the Total Cost / Total number of deals. This measure works as expected and can be filtered by whichever month has been selected. My issue is when I try to create a measure for Average cost Last month.  To do this I have created a measure called PreviousDate

PreviousDate measure - This value is generated depending on whatever is selected in the filter. For example I have currently selected May 2022, so the measure shows 2022-04 

 

I am then trying to filter the Deals table, where the YearMonth Column = Previous Month measure. See below 

 

What I have tried 

I did initially try the formula 
Average Cost Last Month = CALCULATE([Average Cost], DateDim[YearMonth] = [PreviousDate])

But I am Given This error 

 

After researching this, I believe the work around was to use all function & filter function, so I produced this 

Average Cost Last Month =

CALCULATE([Average Cost],

all('DateDim'[YearMonth]), filter(DateDim, DateDim[YearMonth] = [PreviousDate])

)

 

But this just returns a blank value. I need the AVERAGE COST MEASURE but only for values that are in the PREVIOUSMONTH to the current month selected

Any help would be massively appreciated!
 
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  • Hi,

    Could you please try something like below and please check whether it suits your requirement?

     

    Average Cost Last Month =
    VAR _prevdate = [PreviousDate]
    RETURN
        CALCULATE (
            [Average Cost],
            FILTER ( ALL ( DateDim ), DateDim[YearMonth] = _prevdate )
        )
    

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  • Hi,

    Could you please try something like below and please check whether it suits your requirement?

     

    Average Cost Last Month =
    VAR _prevdate = [PreviousDate]
    RETURN
        CALCULATE (
            [Average Cost],
            FILTER ( ALL ( DateDim ), DateDim[YearMonth] = _prevdate )
        )