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Asma
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NOW() function

Hi, I want to add a column that indicate if the year is the current year, a previous year or next year , I have already a calender Table called Dates, so I tried this Dax function but it didn't work for me

 

YearSlice = IF('Dates'[Year]=YEAR(NOW()),"Current Year",'Dates'[Year] = YEAR(NOW())-1,"Previous Day",'Dates'[Year] = YEAR(NOW())+1,"Next Year"," ") 

 I am new at Power BI Dax Functions so please can someone help me 

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Greg_Deckler
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YearSlice = IF('Dates'[Year]=YEAR(NOW()),"Current Year",IF('Dates'[Year] = YEAR(NOW())-1,"Previous Year",IF('Dates'[Year] = YEAR(NOW())+1,"Next Year","Other Year"))) 

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YearSlice = IF('Dates'[Year]=YEAR(NOW()),"Current Year",IF('Dates'[Year] = YEAR(NOW())-1,"Previous Year",IF('Dates'[Year] = YEAR(NOW())+1,"Next Year","Other Year"))) 

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DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

Thank you  @Greg_Deckler  for your help

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