How to use PREVIOUSDAY, PREVIOUSMONTH, PREVIOUSQUARTER, PREVIOUSYEAR // Beginners Guide to Power BI

In this video we go through how you can write the DAX functions PREVIOUSDAY, PREVIOUSMONTH, PREVIOUSQUARTER, PREVIOUSYEAR. We go through it step by step, and also an example of when to use them.

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Is there a way to build previousmonth in a measure instead of a table you showed? Like this measure will always return the previous month? Don't want to hard code previous month by naming the month either. Want it to be dynamic, is this possible

[jinggao]

Thanks for sharing! What is the formula for Headcount calculation you use, please?

[matthewshotton]

Great video - do you know how is best to exclude working days from his? I'm current tracking changes daily and get a -100% when using this method

[Orlandolover]

can you please make a video on retention? rolling 12 months, 90 day, 180 days, 365 days.

[RS-tosp]

how dax to make first month or year is zero (0) exp : when we start in jan24, feb24, mar24 so on the provious month in Jan is 0 (not diff from Dec 23). thank

[dineshmaurya]

What's the difference between SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR and PREVIOUSYEAR Dax?

[shivugv]

What is the Headcount measure here without that we cant proceed

[saurabh]

Sir thanks
Can you tell me difference between dateadd and previousyear

[sandhyaviswanathan]

is calendar name of your table that has the date

[gregday]

Hi, great video as always. Any idea why previous quarter might provide a blank value? I have a working current quarter equation... I'm so confused