DAX Previous Year Sales Measure

Notes

DATEADD works with any selected period (a day, a month, a year), not just a full year, which is why it's generally preferred over PREVIOUSYEAR.

Requirements

• A proper Date dimension table marked as the model's 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

• YoY Growth %Compares current sales to the same period last year as a percentage change.
• Previous Month SalesShifts the current filter context back exactly one month and re-evaluates sales.
• YoY Growth (Value)Calculates the absolute dollar change in sales compared to the same period last year.
• Same Period Last Year SalesRe-evaluates sales over the equivalent period one year earlier.
• Previous Year YTD SalesCalculates year-to-date sales as of the same point in the previous year, for comparing YTD progress.
• Fiscal Previous Year SalesCalculates total sales for the entire previous fiscal year.

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