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luismolle
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Measure to show value from last year if blank

Hello!

 

I have a DAX measure doing some calcs in a table. What im trying to do is, for the values that I still dont have the calcs (blanks), it should show the value from last year.

 

Example with Image: for July 2023, it should show the value from July 2022 (1,416,733,167.125), August 23 should show the value from August 22 and so on.

 

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thanks.

Luis.

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parry2k
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@luismolle assuming you are using a date dimension. 

As a best practice, add a date dimension in your model and use it for time intelligence calculations. Once the date dimension is added, mark it as a date table on table tools. Check the related videos on my YT channel

 

Add Date Dimension
Importance of Date Dimension
Time Intelligence Playlist

 

You can try following measure:

 

New Measure = 
COALESCE( 
   [Existing Measure], 
   CALCULATE ( [Existing Measure], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR ( 'Date Table'[Date] ) )
)


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