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procyon82
Resolver I
10 years ago
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SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR()

I use

 

Revenue Last Year = CALCULATE(SUM('GA Ecommerce'[Revenue]),SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('GA Ecommerce'[Date])) to create a column to have my last year's revenue in reference to what is displayed on my graph. That works beautifully!

 

I also added

 

Users Last Year = CALCULATE(SUM('GA Traffic'[Pageviews]),SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('GA Traffic'[Date]))

 

and it doesn't work. It doesn't give an error, but simply stays blank.

 

Users Last Year = CALCULATE(SUM('GA Traffic'[Pageviews])

 

and

 

SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('GA Traffic'[Date]))

 

each work separately though. Does anybody know what's wrong?

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  • procyon82's avatar
    procyon82
    10 years ago

    This worked:

     

    Users Last Year = CALCULATE(SUM('GA Traffic'[Users]),SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('GA Traffic'[Date]), AllExcept('GA Traffic', 'GA Traffic'[Date]))

11 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    10 years ago

    Have you a table date? or have you, at least, one record for any possible date in the two years? If not, the Intelligence functions can't work as expected.  

     

     

  • nikil's avatar
    nikil
    Resolver I
    10 years ago

    Formula looks right, are you sure there is data for multiple years ?

    • procyon82's avatar
      procyon82
      Resolver I
      10 years ago

      Yes, there definitely is data for last year. If I only use:

       

      SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('GA Traffic'[Date]), it shows me the date for last year. I'm clueless.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        10 years ago

        Have you a filter on the two dates? Each measure uses a different column date.

  • pdamac's avatar
    pdamac
    New Member
    8 years ago

    Dear friends, unfortunately this function has no solution if there is an error. It is the worst function of Power BI, because it is necessary but only works in an unknown condition and does not work in others. It's a pity that this happens in an excellent solution like Power BI. There will be no solution. If it works, use it if you do not use any other function. That's the truth.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    hi all, I test this solution and worked for me:

     

    workarround:

    nest two functions: add date and previous month

     

    Importe MismoMes AñoAnt =
    CALCULATE(
    SUM('MR GOPMX_ViewA'[Importe MN]), DATEADD(PREVIOUSMONTH(DateDim[FullDateAlternateKey]),-11,MONTH))

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    This worked for me:

     

    nest two funtion: add date and previous month

     

    Importe MismoMes AñoAnt =
    CALCULATE(
    SUM('MR GOPMX_ViewA'[Importe MN]), DATEADD(PREVIOUSMONTH(DateDim[FullDateAlternateKey]),-11,MONTH))

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    This worked for me:

     

    nest two functions: date add and previous month.

    I have a table created / have the property configured as a date table.

     

    Importe MismoMes AñoAnt =
    CALCULATE(
    SUM('MR GOPMX_ViewA'[Importe MN]), DATEADD(PREVIOUSMONTH(DateDim[FullDateAlternateKey]),-11,MONTH))