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Anonymous
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i have this year sales and last year sales in  a matrix category wise. and i have added a date range slicer in which is of this year and i am not able to show last year sales in that matrix. 

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Ritaf1983
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Hi @Anonymous 
To show both years in this case you should use the date table + time intelligence functions.

Ritaf1983_0-1700289018462.png

Basic measure ( can be used as a current year)

total_sales = sum('Table'[Sales])
Measure for the previous year:
PY sales = CALCULATE([Quotes#],SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Calendar'[Date]))
Marking calendar as a date table :
Ritaf1983_1-1700289305139.png

Result:

Ritaf1983_2-1700289471900.png

Pbix is attached

More detailed tutorial to creating dates table:

https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/how-to-create-date-tables-in-power-bi-tutorial

More detailed tutorial to YOY calculations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4h17Kqyj4M

 

 If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous 
To show both years in this case you should use the date table + time intelligence functions.

Ritaf1983_0-1700289018462.png

Basic measure ( can be used as a current year)

total_sales = sum('Table'[Sales])
Measure for the previous year:
PY sales = CALCULATE([Quotes#],SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Calendar'[Date]))
Marking calendar as a date table :
Ritaf1983_1-1700289305139.png

Result:

Ritaf1983_2-1700289471900.png

Pbix is attached

More detailed tutorial to creating dates table:

https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/how-to-create-date-tables-in-power-bi-tutorial

More detailed tutorial to YOY calculations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4h17Kqyj4M

 

 If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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