DAX Fiscal Previous Year Sales Measure

Notes

Depends on the Fiscal Year Column calculated column from this library existing on the Date table.

Requirements

• The Fiscal Year Column and a marked Date table.

Builds on these measures

• Total SalesSums a revenue column across whatever filter context is currently applied.

How to use this measure

1. In Power BI Desktop, select the table that should hold the measure and choose New measure on the ribbon.
2. Paste the code, then replace the placeholder table and column names with your own. The My table names fields above do this for you.
3. Run it through the DAX Formatter if you want it laid out in your team's style.

Related DAX measures

• Cumulative TotalAccumulates sales from the start of the data through the current date filter context.
• Fiscal YTD SalesCalculates year-to-date sales based on a custom fiscal year end instead of the calendar year.
• Previous Year YTD SalesCalculates year-to-date sales as of the same point in the previous year, for comparing YTD progress.
• Last 7, 30, and 90 Days SalesSums sales over a fixed trailing window of days from the last date with data, ignoring any date filter already applied.
• Rolling 6-Month SalesSums sales over the trailing six months ending on the last date in the current filter context.
• Rolling 12 Month AverageAverages monthly sales over the trailing twelve months, smoothing out seasonal spikes.

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