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Anonymous
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Previous Year sales by choosing slicer

Hi floks,
Here I am confused with SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR, beacuse i worte a DAX as
LastYearSales =CALCULATE(SUM('Shipped Order Analysis'[TotalSales]),SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))

After that I perfectly got previous year sale amount when i choose  date slicer as 2019-12-01 to today,
But When I choose date slicer as 2018-12-01 to today, it gives previous two year sales amount (like 2017-12-01 to 2019-10-09).


Here my expected result is to be last one year only have to shown.
I try and tired. can any body help me to comeup this.


Thanks in advance,
Sivanesan

 

 

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Hi @Anonymous ,

You can use dateadd() like @ AlB mentioned to create a measure like this:

Last year sales =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[Sales] ), DATEADD ( 'Table'[date], -1, YEAR ) )

last year.png

 

Best Regards,
Yingjie Li

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AlB
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Hi @Anonymous 

That's how SAMEPERIODLATYEAR( ) works. Check the definition at  https://dax.guide/sameperiodlastyear/

Internally SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR corresponds to the following call of DATEADD:
  DATEADD ( <Dates>, -1, YEAR )

If you want a different behaviour you can do it with the appropriate FILTER( ) on Date, selecting the period you're interested in

Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving kudos if posts are helpful.

Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs, tutoring, etc.

Cheers 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @AlB ,
Thank you for your response. Now I clearly understand SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR() functionality.
Can you please suggest me a DAX with filter for only previous year.

Thanks in advance ,
Sivanesan

Hi @Anonymous ,

You can use dateadd() like @ AlB mentioned to create a measure like this:

Last year sales =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[Sales] ), DATEADD ( 'Table'[date], -1, YEAR ) )

last year.png

 

Best Regards,
Yingjie Li

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

 

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