Sameperiodlastyear giving (Blank) counts while applying filter

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I have created 2 measures -

1) YTD Counts - which shows activity counts for currect year (2022)

YTD Activity = TOTALYTD(COUNT('Activity Details'[Activity Id]),DATESYTD('Activity details'[Activity Submission Date and time]))

2) YTD Counts for Last Year - which shoes activity counts for last year 

YTD Activity LY = CALCULATE([YTD Activity],SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Activity details'[Activity Submission Date and time]))

Now, I have some filters also in my dashboard throgh which I can do slicing and dicing of my KPIs. But, when I am appling any filter then Last year counts are returning (Blank) counts.

And due to this, my another measure is giving Infinity counts on Card KPI.

YTD Activity Incr. = ([YTD Activity]-[YTD Activity LY])/[YTD Activity LY]

Kindly help me to resolve issue that if I select any value from filter then last year counts should be filtered as per filter, which is giving (Blank) result.

Thanks!!!

[v-yalanwu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Anonymous ;

You could create a mesure to calculate count.

Count = 
IF (
    MONTH ( MAX ( [Activity Submission Date and time] ) ) = MONTH ( TODAY () ),
    CALCULATE (
        COUNT ( [Activity Id] ),
        FILTER (
            'Activity details',
            [Activity Submission Date and time]
                <= DATE ( YEAR ( [Activity Submission Date and time] ), MONTH ( TODAY () ), DAY ( TODAY () ) ))),
    COUNT ( [Activity Id] ))

and Percentage as follows:

Percentage = 
var _last= SUMX(FILTER(ALL('Activity details'),EOMONTH([Activity Submission Date and time],0)=EOMONTH(MAX([Activity Submission Date and time]),-12)),[Count])
return DIVIDE([Count]-_last,[Count])

The final output is shown below:

Best Regards,
Community Support Team_ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[Anonymous]

Thanks @v-yalanwu-msft , It solved my issue. 🙂

[v-yalanwu-msft]

Hi, @Anonymous ;

Can you post sample data as text and expected output?
Not enough information to go on;

Best Regards,
Community Support Team_ Yalan Wu

[lbendlin]

SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR() does not give you what you think it does. You need to add the YTD restriction yourself, otherwise it will return full periods.

Please provide sanitized sample data that fully covers your issue. If you paste the data into a table in your post or use one of the file services it will be easier to work with. Please show the expected outcome.

[Anonymous]

Dear @v-yalanwu-msft  @lbendlin 

My Apology for replying so late as was travelling.

sameperiodlastyear is giving entire feb month counts but that should calculate till 18th Feb only (as of today's date) and due to this my % Increament calculation is getting wrong.

Desired Result is in green color below

Attaching data with you. Please download from below link.

https://we.tl/t-jTkta5Kinb

Thanks a lot in advance.