How to get Previous Month Year

[Ferha_Jafri]

Hello Experts,

I am new to Power BI, I have a requirement in which I ran a report for prior month, and I want to automate the year. I can easily do as format(today(),"YYYY") but the issue is that next year for Jan 2025, when I will run the report I need 2024 as year.  So I want to understand how to automate this. As FYI, I want to use Today() function to make it dynamic as I do not have any date in my data.

Thanks in advance

Ferha

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply from lbendlin , please allow me to provide another insight: 
Hi  @Ferha_Jafri ,

Here are the steps you can follow：

1. Create measure.

Flag =
var _maxdate=
EOMONTH(
    TODAY(),-1)
var _mindate=
EOMONTH(
   TODAY(),-2)
return
IF(
    MAX('Table'[Date]) >_mindate&& MAX('Table'[Date])<=_maxdate,1,0)

Sum_Measure =
SUMX(
    ALLSELECTED('Table'),[rand])

2. Place [Flag]in Filters, set is=1, apply filter.

3. Result:

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Read about DATEADD()  - it allows you to do your shifts by month or by year etc.

It is mandatory that your data model includes a calendar table and that the time intelligence DAX is applied on that table.