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Hi
Being new to DAX, I am stuck and would appreciate some help. My data table has many columns of which one is the Financial Year. I would like the user to select any financial year in a slicer and would then display the data for the selected year as well as the previous year. I made two measures, SelectedFY and PreviousFY. I wanted to use these measures to filter the data, but it only works when I hardcode the variables.
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@WillemvB - try this solution and let me know if this resolve your problem. attached pbix file
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Best regards
Manoj Nair
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-nair-%E2%98%81-344666104/
Thank you, Manoj. This solution helps me.
@WillemvB - try this solution and let me know if this resolve your problem. attached pbix file
If my post helps you to find solution would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution and give it a thumbs up
Best regards
Manoj Nair
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-nair-%E2%98%81-344666104/
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