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5 years ago
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Previous Month only Blank

Hey there,   The following code is only returning a blank output for all visuals   Previous month Count = CALCULATE( COUNTROWS('CLIENT DATASET') , PREVIOUSMONTH('CLIENT DATASET'[Date]))   The ...
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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    5 years ago

    The reason I asked because in your sample data one of the numbers (43) has the most recent data up to Oct, the rest is up to Nov and that was the reason for this question. Anyhow here is the measure for the previous month:

     

     

    Previous month Count = 
VAR __currentDate = EOMONTH ( MAX ( Sheet1[date] ), -1 )
RETURN 
CALCULATE ( 
    COUNTROWS ( Sheet1 ), 
    DATESBETWEEN ( Sheet1[date], 
    EOMONTH ( __currentDate, -1 ) + 1, __currentDate ) 
)

     

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parry2k
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5 years ago

That's helpful, so the most recent record in the table is deemed as the current month if your data table has the last date let's say Oct 2020 then the current month is Oct 2020 and the previous month is Sep 2020, correct?

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    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    Yup thats right, so its all about analysing the relative change. i can only do that if the [previous month] measure i created only counts for the preceeding month (in the example you gave that would be september)