DAX Previous Year YTD Sales Measure

Notes

Requires a marked Date table; swap DATESYTD's default year-end if your fiscal year doesn't end December 31.

Requirements

• A marked Date table and the Total Sales measure.

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

• Fiscal YTD SalesCalculates year-to-date sales based on a custom fiscal year end instead of the calendar year.
• Fiscal Previous Year SalesCalculates total sales for the entire previous fiscal year.
• Year-to-Date SalesAccumulates sales from the start of the current year up to the latest selected date.
• Previous Year SalesShifts the current filter context back exactly one year and re-evaluates sales.
• 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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