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jiglow3501
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difference between two values in same column

Year    T otal Sales       Difference in Sales from Last Year (should be result)
2014    0
2015   2.5                          2.5
2016   4.5                           2
2017   9                             4.5
2018   0                             -9
2019   2                               2

 

How do you write dax for it? 

 

 

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v-piga-msft
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Hi @jiglow3501

 

Please create the calculated column with the formula below.

 

Column =
VAR temp =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( 'table'[Total Sales] ),
        FILTER ( 'table', 'table'[Year] = EARLIER ( 'table'[Year] ) - 1 )
    )
RETURN
    IF ( 'Table'[Total sales] - temp = 0, BLANK (), 'Table'[Total sales] - temp )

Then you will get the output below.

 

 Capture.PNG

 

 

Best Regards,

Cherry

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
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v-piga-msft
Resident Rockstar
Resident Rockstar

Hi @jiglow3501

 

Please create the calculated column with the formula below.

 

Column =
VAR temp =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( 'table'[Total Sales] ),
        FILTER ( 'table', 'table'[Year] = EARLIER ( 'table'[Year] ) - 1 )
    )
RETURN
    IF ( 'Table'[Total sales] - temp = 0, BLANK (), 'Table'[Total sales] - temp )

Then you will get the output below.

 

 Capture.PNG

 

 

Best Regards,

Cherry

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Hi @v-piga-msft

 

I am working with a table with daily quantities.

 

What would be the formula for a calculated column with the daily difference of the quantities?

 

e.g.

 

Date           Qty     Diff

6/1/2020    1

6/2/2020    2          1

 

Thank you!

 

Daniel

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