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lbamburoski
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Date Table: Column for Yesterday

Hello,

 

I am trying to create a column in a date table for yesterday's date. I have a column in my date table that says today's date. The formula for that column is Today = TODAY(). I am tyring to calculate a column for yesterday using this formula: DATEADD(Dates[Today], -1, DAY). There is no error in this column. However, the column is blank.  

 

I have also tried PREVIOUSDAY(Dates[Today]) and the same problem occurs. 

 

Thank you in advance for your help. 

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parry2k
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@lbamburoski add this

 

Yesterday = TODAY()-1

 

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amitchandak
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Today should be used as suggested @parry2k .

 

If you are looking for the previous day, you can try like

Last Day Non Continous = CALCULATE(sum('order'[Qty]),filter(all(Table),Table[Date] =MAXX(FILTER(all(Table),Table[Date]<max(Table[Date])),Table[Date])))
Day behind Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),dateadd(Table[Date],-1,Day))

 

To get the best of the time intelligence function. Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view. Also, join it with the date column of your fact/s. Refer :
https://radacad.com/creating-calendar-table-in-power-bi-using-dax-functions
https://www.archerpoint.com/blog/Posts/creating-date-table-power-bi
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/creating-a-simple-date-table-in-dax/

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lbamburoski
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@parry2k  @amitchandak  

 

Thank you both so much for your help! I really appreciate it!

amitchandak
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Super User

Today should be used as suggested @parry2k .

 

If you are looking for the previous day, you can try like

Last Day Non Continous = CALCULATE(sum('order'[Qty]),filter(all(Table),Table[Date] =MAXX(FILTER(all(Table),Table[Date]<max(Table[Date])),Table[Date])))
Day behind Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Sales Amount]),dateadd(Table[Date],-1,Day))

 

To get the best of the time intelligence function. Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view. Also, join it with the date column of your fact/s. Refer :
https://radacad.com/creating-calendar-table-in-power-bi-using-dax-functions
https://www.archerpoint.com/blog/Posts/creating-date-table-power-bi
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/creating-a-simple-date-table-in-dax/

parry2k
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Super User

@lbamburoski add this

 

Yesterday = TODAY()-1

 

I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

 



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

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