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joeort
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Calendarauto but include dates from previous fiscal years

I've used CALENDARAUTO(3) to create my calendar table but it starts at this fiscal year.  How would I compare YTD performance to the prior year if my calendar table doesn't contain those dates?

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Hi @joeort,

 

CALENDARAUTO() automatically creates a table with one column named "date". The range of dates is calculated automatically based on data in the model. For having years included in your date-table, which are not part of your data model you cannot use CALCULATEAUTO(). Try something like the following:

 

YourCalendarTable =
CALENDAR (
DATE ( YEAR ( MIN ( YourTable[DateColumn] ) -1 ); 1; 1 );
DATE ( YEAR ( MAX ( YourTable[DateColumn] ) ); 12; 31 )
)

 

Regards,

Lars

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Hi @joeort,

 

CALENDARAUTO() automatically creates a table with one column named "date". The range of dates is calculated automatically based on data in the model. For having years included in your date-table, which are not part of your data model you cannot use CALCULATEAUTO(). Try something like the following:

 

YourCalendarTable =
CALENDAR (
DATE ( YEAR ( MIN ( YourTable[DateColumn] ) -1 ); 1; 1 );
DATE ( YEAR ( MAX ( YourTable[DateColumn] ) ); 12; 31 )
)

 

Regards,

Lars

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