DAX Previous Quarter Sales Measure

Notes

Requires a continuous, marked Date table for DATEADD to work correctly.

Requirements

• A marked Date table related to the Sales 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

• QoQ Growth %Calculates the percentage change in sales compared to the previous quarter.
• Same Day Last WeekCalculates sales for the same day of the week, one week before the current filter context.
• Previous Year SalesShifts the current filter context back exactly one year and re-evaluates sales.
• Previous Month SalesShifts the current filter context back exactly one month and re-evaluates sales.
• 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.
• Cumulative TotalAccumulates sales from the start of the data through the current date filter context.

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