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BillPoster
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Snapshot of a column value taken weekly in moving data

Hi All, Not sure if I can do this in Power Bi but I am trying to do the following.

 

I have setup a daily job from our warehouse database, but as the data is replaced daily there is no historic record for me to create trends.  What I want to do is take a snapshot of the total value in a column once a week, I currently do this on a Monday and just fill in a spreadsheet for the total value of that column each week with the date.  

 

This gives me something like this  covering many weeks. 

DateStock ValueBlocked Stock Value
01/01/20237600000450000
08/01/20236500000520000

 

Is there a way for Power Bi to take a snapshot of the column value and the date the snapshot was taken to try and automate this?

 

 

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BillPoster
Frequent Visitor

Not the news i wanted but thanks for taking the time to reply. 

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Power BI has no memory* . You need to manage your snapshots in the upstream system.

 

* Yes, there is the self referencing option but that has no safety net.

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