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siac16
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SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR FUTURE DATES

Hi,

 

I'm trying to use same period last year for future dates. I have data for 2019 and 2020 and I want to put that information for 2021 but I have no records for that year.

DateVisitors
01/01/202010000
02/01/202015000
03/01/202020000

 

And I want 

DateLast YearVisitors
01/01/202110000
02/01/202115000
03/01/202120000

 

The main problem is that I don't have dates for those months. I tried to create a dates table and make the relation, but is still only working for 2020.

  • siac16 if you have a calendar table and relationship with your visitor table, the following measure will work:

     

    Measure = CALCULATE ( SUM ( Visitors[Visitors] ), SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) ) 

     

    see attached file, there are many tables, just focus on visitors and the calendar table.

     

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  • siac16 if you have a calendar table and relationship with your visitor table, the following measure will work:

     

    Measure = CALCULATE ( SUM ( Visitors[Visitors] ), SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) ) 

     

    see attached file, there are many tables, just focus on visitors and the calendar table.

     

    Follow us on LinkedIn

     

    Check my latest blog post The Power of Using Calculation Groups with Inactive Relationships (Part 1) (perytus.com) I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

     

    Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop-shop for Power BI-related projects/training/consultancy.

     

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      siac16
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      Thanks!!! it worked perfectly!