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jlandsm4785
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4 years ago
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Previous Year Sales Calculation Issue

Hello,   I am trying to create a measure to show last year's sales which i will use to calculate YoY growth. When i put this in a table format i can tell there is an issue because the LY values do ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi  jlandsm4785 ,

    I created some data:

    Here are the steps you can follow：

    1. Create measure.

    LY =
CALCULATE(
    SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),
    'Table'[Date]>=DATE(YEAR(MAX('Table'[Date]))-1,1,1)&&'Table'[Date]<=DATE(YEAR(MAX('Table'[Date]))-1,MONTH(MAX('Table'[Date])),DAY(MAX('Table'[Date])))
))
    CY =
CALCULATE(
    SUM('Table'[Amount]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),
    'Table'[Date]>=DATE(YEAR(MAX('Table'[Date])),1,1)&&'Table'[Date]<=MAX('Table'[Date])))

    2. Result:

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    Best Regards,

    Liu Yang

    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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jlandsm4785
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4 years ago

Update:

 

After thinking about this more i believe that the error is caused from the column being based off of Week Ending dates, so looking a year back will not generate a sales value to appear because the date it is looking to match with is not exact. I tried using the DATEADD function to shift the previous year value forward + 1 day. Still having issues, but this feels closer to a solution.

 

 

DAX: 

LY_Spread = CALCULATE([Core Spread] , DATEADD(PREVIOUSYEAR(ShiftData[WeekEnding]), 1,DAY)

 

Any guidance forward is appreciated. 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    jlandsm4785 accept the solution if it fulfills your need.