Use measure within another measure

[admiralman]

I have the following measures and I need a new measure called Net that is CurrentYear - PriorYear. Can I create this measure without repeating the formulas of the prior two...something like [CurrentYear] - [PriorYear] or something? All three of these will be used in a matrix with values over 12 months. Thanks.

CurrentYear = Format(
CALCULATE(sum(Sheet1[FinancialAmount]), filter(Sheet1, Sheet1[FinancialType]= "Current")),
"$#,##0;($#,##0)"
)

PriorYear = Format(
CALCULATE(sum(Sheet1[FinancialAmount]), filter(Sheet1, Sheet1[FinancialType]= "Prior")),
"$#,##0;($#,##0)"
)

[Thyago_Rezende · Accepted solution]

Hi @admiralman,

Try to do VARIABLES within measures like below:

% YoY Sales = 

VAR CURRENT_SALES = SUM(SALES)

VAR PRIOR_SALES = CALCULATE(SUM(SALES);SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(DATES))

Return

DIVIDE ( CURRENT_SALES - PRIOR_SALES; PRIOR_SALES)

Best regards,

[ricardocamargos]

Hi @admiralman,

Once you have created measures you can use them inside others measures. Also you can change the context of them.

Thanks,

Ricardo

[admiralman]

Thanks...I came in today and looked at my question. I think I was trying to do something a little more complicated and didnt address the question correctly. I know you can do that with measures...must have had a brain f@rt. Thanks.