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Anonymous
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Total difference from previous date

Hi all,

 

I have 2 columns, one with values and the other with dates. The dates are non continous , for e.g. 10/10/2019, 12/10/2019, 20/10/2019 etc

 

I need to be able to get the difference between the sum of all the values from each date and previous date.

 

Is there a way to accomplish this?

 

I already have a column with the previous date gotten with this formula: 

Predate = CALCULATE (
    MAX (WeeklyOutstanding[Week] ), FILTER ( WeeklyOutstanding, WeeklyOutstanding[Week] < EARLIER ( WeeklyOutstanding[Week] ) ) )

 

Help would be greatly appreciated 

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richbenmintz
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

You can try measure like the following

 

 

Delta From Previous = 
    var prev_date = CALCULATE(MAX('WeeklyOutstanding'[Week]), FILTER(all('WeeklyOutstanding'), 'WeeklyOutstanding'[Week] < SELECTEDVALUE('WeeklyOutstanding'[Week])))
    return
    sum('WeeklyOutstanding'[amount]) - CALCULATE(SUM('WeeklyOutstanding'[amount]), FILTER(ALL('WeeklyOutstanding'), 'WeeklyOutstanding'[Week] = prev_date))

 

 

Hope that Helps

Richard



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Anonymous
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This worked great! Thank you!

 

The  only issue now is that somehow it only works with the full data, whenever I use filters its gives the wrong amounts. Do you know why?

It is removing the filter context with

all('WeeklyOutstanding'[Week])

, you may need to change that be just 

ALL('WeeklyOutstanding')

 



I hope this helps,
Richard

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richbenmintz
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

You can try measure like the following

 

 

Delta From Previous = 
    var prev_date = CALCULATE(MAX('WeeklyOutstanding'[Week]), FILTER(all('WeeklyOutstanding'), 'WeeklyOutstanding'[Week] < SELECTEDVALUE('WeeklyOutstanding'[Week])))
    return
    sum('WeeklyOutstanding'[amount]) - CALCULATE(SUM('WeeklyOutstanding'[amount]), FILTER(ALL('WeeklyOutstanding'), 'WeeklyOutstanding'[Week] = prev_date))

 

 

Hope that Helps

Richard



I hope this helps,
Richard

Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! Kudos Appreciated!

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