DAX Up / Down Arrow Text Measure

Notes

Depends on the YoY Growth (Value) measure from this library; swap in any other delta measure to drive the arrow.

Requirements

• A measure representing the change to indicate.

Builds on these measures

• YoY Growth (Value)Calculates the absolute dollar change in sales compared to the same period last year.

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 (Value)Calculates the absolute dollar change in sales compared to the same period last year.
• Progress Bar Using REPTBuilds a text-based progress bar out of repeated block characters, for a lightweight visual inside a table cell.
• Total Sales (Hide Zero Rows)Returns BLANK() instead of 0, so visuals can hide rows that have no activity.
• "No Data" MessageReturns a friendly message when a measure would otherwise show blank, for use in a card visual.
• Sales Color (Conditional Formatting)Returns a hex color string driven by whether sales are on or off target, for use in Power BI's conditional formatting.

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