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Agent766
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Timeline slicer default to previous month

I'm using the timeline slicer from the gallery. I would like for the default range to have the previous month selected instead of the entire year. Is this doable?

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samdthompson
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Hi, no this is not possible. If you want a previous month as a default, why not create a calculated column to use as a filter. Assuming you have a date table, something like:

 

IF (
    AND (
        Data[Date]
            >= DATE ( YEAR ( NOW () )MONTH ( NOW () ) - 11 ),
        Data[Date]
            <= DATE ( YEAR ( NOW () )MONTH ( NOW () )1 ) - 1
    ),
    "previous month",
    ""
)

 

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samdthompson
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

Hi, no this is not possible. If you want a previous month as a default, why not create a calculated column to use as a filter. Assuming you have a date table, something like:

 

IF (
    AND (
        Data[Date]
            >= DATE ( YEAR ( NOW () )MONTH ( NOW () ) - 11 ),
        Data[Date]
            <= DATE ( YEAR ( NOW () )MONTH ( NOW () )1 ) - 1
    ),
    "previous month",
    ""
)

 

>>>if this is a solution please mark as such.

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.

Thanks. This works great for me.

 

Andrew

 

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