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Previous Value in Power Query

Hi Experts   I am trying to work out the previous Value. in my data set. Previous Period is easy. [period]-1 in M. I would like to do the Previous Value formula in M   Here is my Table with expec...
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    FrankAT
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    here is my solution:

     

     

    // Table
let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjRSitWJVjIzBVPGJhDa0ARMWUCFjczNINJKsbEA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Value = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Value", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Custom", each if [Index]-1 < 0 then null else List.Range(#"Added Index"[Value], [Index]-1, 1)),
    #"Expanded Custom1" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Custom1",{"Index"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Custom", "Previous Value"}})
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

     

    Take a look at:

    https://exceltown.com/en/tutorials/power-bi/powerbi-com-and-power-bi-desktop/power-bi-data-sources/power-query-get-value-from-previous-row/

     

    With kind regards from the town where the legend of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin' is at home
    FrankAT (Proud to be a Datanaut)

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FrankAT
Community Champion
5 years ago

Hi Anonymous 

here is my solution:

 

 

// Table
let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjRSitWJVjIzBVPGJhDa0ARMWUCFjczNINJKsbEA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Value = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Value", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Custom", each if [Index]-1 < 0 then null else List.Range(#"Added Index"[Value], [Index]-1, 1)),
    #"Expanded Custom1" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Custom1",{"Index"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Custom", "Previous Value"}})
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

 

Take a look at:

https://exceltown.com/en/tutorials/power-bi/powerbi-com-and-power-bi-desktop/power-bi-data-sources/power-query-get-value-from-previous-row/

 

With kind regards from the town where the legend of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin' is at home
FrankAT (Proud to be a Datanaut)