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AndySmith
Helper II
Helper II

Defining Previous Fiscal Year - Var

 

Hi - I have been using the below DAX from the brilliant Ried Havens to slice data by time periods such as YTD, MTD, PYTD etc, 

 

What I need is to define the start of Previous Fiscal Year with a start date of 01/07/2020 in order to calculate the PYTD.

 

The important part is below in bold but full code included.

 

VAR PYYearStart = CALCULATE(DATEADD(STARTOFYEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]), -1, YEAR), YEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]) - 1 = YEAR(PYTodayDate) )
 
 
 
 
Time Intelligence Selection =
//Current Year Variables
VAR TodayDate = today()
VAR MonthStart = CALCULATE(STARTOFMONTH(FactTable[Date.Date]), YEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]) = YEAR(TodayDate), MONTH(FactTable[Date.Date]) = MONTH(TodayDate) )
VAR QuarterStart = CALCULATE(STARTOFQUARTER(FactTable[Date.Date]), YEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]) = YEAR(TodayDate), QUARTER(FactTable[Date.Date]) = QUARTER(TodayDate) )
VAR YearStart = CALCULATE(STARTOFYEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]), YEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]) = YEAR(TodayDate) )

VAR FiscalYearStart =
IF( MONTH(TodayDate) <= 6,
DATE(YEAR(TodayDate) -1 , 7,1),
DATE(YEAR(TodayDate), 7, 1)
)
VAR FiscalYearEnd =
IF( MONTH(TodayDate) <= 6,
DATE(YEAR(TodayDate), 6, 30),
DATE(YEAR(TodayDate) + 1, 6, 30)
)

//Previous Year Variables
VAR PYTodayDate = DATE(YEAR(TodayDate) - 1, MONTH(TodayDate), DAY(TodayDate) )
VAR PYMonthStart = CALCULATE(DATEADD(STARTOFMONTH(FactTable[Date.Date]), -1, YEAR), YEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]) - 1 = YEAR(PYTodayDate), MONTH(FactTable[Date.Date]) = MONTH(TodayDate) )
VAR PYQuarterStart = CALCULATE(DATEADD(STARTOFQUARTER(FactTable[Date.Date]), -1, YEAR), YEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]) - 1 = YEAR(PYTodayDate), QUARTER(FactTable[Date.Date]) = QUARTER(TodayDate) )
VAR PYYearStart = CALCULATE(DATEADD(STARTOFYEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]), -1, YEAR), YEAR(FactTable[Date.Date]) - 1 = YEAR(PYTodayDate) )

VAR Result =
UNION (
//All Dates Filter For Single Selection Slicers
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR( MIN(DateTable[Date]), MAX(DateTable[Date]) ),
"selection", "ALL",
"Sort", 1
),

//Current Year Date Ranges
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( MonthStart, TodayDate ),
"selection", "MTD",
"Sort", 2
),
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( QuarterStart, TodayDate ),
"selection", "QTD",
"Sort", 3
),
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( YearStart, TodayDate ),
"selection", "YTD",
"Sort", 4
),

//Previous Year Date Ranges
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( PYMonthStart, PYTodayDate ),
"selection", "PMTD",
"Sort", 5
),
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( PYQuarterStart, PYTodayDate ),
"selection", "PQTD",
"Sort", 6
),
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( PYYearStart, PYTodayDate ),
"selection", "PYTD",
"Sort", 7
),
ADDCOLUMNS (
CALENDAR ( FiscalYearStart, FiscalYearEnd ),
"Selection", "FYTD",
"Sort", 8
)

)
RETURN
Result

 

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@AndySmith , In case you are trying to calendar take it from

.Creating Financial Calendar - From Any Month
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Creating-Financial-Calendar-Decoding-Date-and-Calend...

 

new columns

Last year start date  =

Startofyear(dateadd([Date],-1,year),"6/30")

 

Last year End date  =

Endofyear(dateadd([Date],-1,year),"6/30")

 

make sure you calendar also start from July

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@AndySmith , In case you are trying to calendar take it from

.Creating Financial Calendar - From Any Month
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Creating-Financial-Calendar-Decoding-Date-and-Calend...

 

new columns

Last year start date  =

Startofyear(dateadd([Date],-1,year),"6/30")

 

Last year End date  =

Endofyear(dateadd([Date],-1,year),"6/30")

 

make sure you calendar also start from July

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