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I've created a dax for last year revenue calculation using dateadd, sameperiodlastyear, previous year dax but none of them giving me the output which I'm expecting.
I've a fact table and dimension table for date. My fact table has a ship_date column which contains 1st of every month so for 12 months there are only 12 dates but my dim_date table contains 30-31 dates according to the month.
when I used the dax as calculate(sum(sales[revenue]),dateadd(dim_date[date],-1,year)) this is giving me different numbers.
I got the same result with sameperiodlastyear dax as well
prev_yr_rev = calculate(sum(sales[revenue]),sameperiodlastyear(dim_date[date]))
I tried different approaches as well
new_last_yr_dax =
automated_fiscal column contains FY23 as the value for the year FY24, FY24 for the year FY25 YTD and so on
I have 3 years data in my fact and dimension table starting from FY23 to FY25 YTD.
So, the expected output should be as per the current year.
I don't understand why my new_last_yr_dax is not working and giving me blank for all the selected year.
Both FY column of dim_date and automated_fiscal are of text type, I'm just applying the filter condition in the dax and not even equating but still the result is blank.
Could you please help me with the calculation
I've attached the screenshot for the expected output and the output of my dax which is prev_year_cal
Hello @12101994
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Thanks,
~Eileen