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Anonymous
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Year over year % change without date column

Hello friends, I am new to Power BI and I was wondering how to get a YoY% for the below data.  My data table: year_month event country Y24M04 A US Y24M04 A CA Y24M04 B CA Y2...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Please modify the measure syntax as shown below:

    event_distinctcount_PY = 
VAR _currentYear =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 2, 2 ) )
VAR _currentMonth =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 5, 2 ) )
var _Slicer_Country = VALUES('Table'[country])
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'Table'[event] ),
        FILTER (
            ALL ( 'Table' ),
            VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 2, 2 ) ) = _currentYear - 1
                && VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 5, 2 ) ) = _currentMonth
                &&'Table'[country] IN _Slicer_Country
        )
    )

     

    If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

     

    Best Regards,
    Yang
    Community Support Team

     

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Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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1 year ago

Hi Anonymous ,

 

Thanks for the reply from ryan_mayu  / Corey_M .

 

First, create a measure to calculate the distinct count for the current year.

event_distinctcount = DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[event])

 

Then, create a measure to calculate the distinct count for the same period last year.

event_distinctcount_PY =
VAR _currentYear =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 2, 2 ) )
VAR _currentMonth =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 5, 2 ) )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'Table'[event] ),
        FILTER (
            ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ),
            VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 2, 2 ) ) = _currentYear - 1
                && VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 5, 2 ) ) = _currentMonth
        )
    )

 

Finally, create a measure to calculate YOY.

YoY = 
DIVIDE(
    [event_distinctcount] - [event_distinctcount_PY],
    [event_distinctcount_PY],
    0
)

 

The final page result is shown below:

 

The pbix file is attached.

 

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

 

Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team

 

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.
If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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1 year ago

Hi Yang,

Thank you so much for your response! When I select just Y24 value(s) in the year_month slicer, the results table shows blank for the PY measure. How do we make the PY measure work without having to also select the PY values in the year_month slicer?

Thank you!

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    1 year ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Please modify this measure as shown below, all else being equal:

    event_distinctcount_PY =
VAR _currentYear =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 2, 2 ) )
VAR _currentMonth =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 5, 2 ) )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'Table'[event] ),
        FILTER (
            ALL ( 'Table' ),
            VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 2, 2 ) ) = _currentYear - 1
                && VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 5, 2 ) ) = _currentMonth
        )
    )

     

    The final visual effect is shown below:

     

    If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

     

    Best Regards,
    Yang
    Community Support Team

     

    If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.
    If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      1 year ago

      Hi Anonymous ,

       

      When I modified from ALLSELECTED to ALL then the Country slicer stops applying to the PY measure. Is there a way we can modify it so that this measure will be filtered by all other slicers but not the year_month slicer?

       

      Thank you!

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        1 year ago

        Hi Anonymous ,

         

        Please modify the measure syntax as shown below:

        event_distinctcount_PY = 
VAR _currentYear =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 2, 2 ) )
VAR _currentMonth =
    VALUE ( MID ( SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[year_month] ), 5, 2 ) )
var _Slicer_Country = VALUES('Table'[country])
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'Table'[event] ),
        FILTER (
            ALL ( 'Table' ),
            VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 2, 2 ) ) = _currentYear - 1
                && VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[year_month], 5, 2 ) ) = _currentMonth
                &&'Table'[country] IN _Slicer_Country
        )
    )

         

        If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

         

        Best Regards,
        Yang
        Community Support Team

         

        If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.
        If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!