DAX KPI Status Icon Measure

Returns an up/down/flat arrow based on year-over-year growth, for a compact KPI indicator.

Formatting and DisplayIntermediatekpiiconswitchstatus

DAX code

KPI Status Icon =
VAR CurrentSales = [Total Sales]
VAR PriorSales = [Previous Year Sales]
VAR PctChange = DIVIDE(CurrentSales - PriorSales, PriorSales)
RETURN
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        PctChange >= 0.05, "▲",
        PctChange <= -0.05, "▼",
        "▬"
    )

Notes

Change the 0.05 thresholds to whatever counts as meaningfully up or down for your data.

Requirements

The Total Sales and Previous Year Sales measures.

Builds on these measures

How to use this measure

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

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