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zurimae
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Measure for calculating yesterdays count vs last week count

Hello, 

I need help creating a measure that will show me the difference of count of phone calls received yesterday (example: Tuesday) compared to last Tuesday. For example, so i could show the skill "Intake" had 12 more calls this tuesday vs last tuesday.  or the skill "stroke" had -7 less calls yesterday vs last tuesday. I have a measure to calculate how many calls less than the previous day, but i cant see to figure out how to do it from yesterday to the same day last week.  below is the measure i use for 1 day difference.

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Measure 2 = SUM(
    'Phone Queue Data'[Total Calls Offered]
)
- CALCULATE(
    SUM(
        'Phone Queue Data'[Total Calls Offered]
    ),
    DATEADD(
        'Calendar Lookup'[Date],-1,
        DAY
    )
)

 

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I am not sure how your semantic model looks like, but I tried to create a sample pbix file like below.

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

 

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Yesterday result: = 
VAR _yesterday =
    TODAY () - 1
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( phone_queue_data[total_calls_offered] ),
        'calendar'[Date] = _yesterday
    )

 

Yesterday of last week result: = 
VAR _yesterdayoflastweek =
    TODAY () - 8
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( phone_queue_data[total_calls_offered] ),
        'calendar'[Date] = _yesterdayoflastweek
    )

 

 

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Hello, thank you for the response. This measure just isn't calculating correctly, the difference from the two days.

If i use the measure you provided, the correct answer for "casepod" would be -4. but it's showing 74.

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Here is the measure you provided (with some edits)

Yesterday of last week result: =
VAR _yesterdayoflastweek =
    TODAY () - 8
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ('Phone Queue Data'[Total Calls Offered] ),
        'Phone Queue Data'[Date]= _yesterdayoflastweek
    )

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