Compare YoY Sales in the same line graph

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I want to see a simple line graph that shows a line for FY14 sales and a separate line for FY15 sales on the same line graph.  Data is ordered sequentially and example graph below.   I've read a few forums with very complicated suggestions for complicated datasets, but mine is simple - 2 cuts of the same dataset.    I assume I create an Expression with a formula  (e.g. Sales  where Year = 2014) and another Expression ( Sales  where Year = 2015), so what's the syntax to show only a limited selection of the same data ?

Year	Month	Sales
2014	January	65%
2014	February	72%
2014	March	66%
2014	April	50%
2014	May	60%
2015	January	70%
2015	February	73%
2015	March	80%
2015	April	70%
2015	May	65%

And second question is - how do I then add a singular line that represents the target ?  So if Target is 80% across the year, can I do this another way that doesn't involve adding it line by line in to the source data ?

Thanks,

Dave

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In the expression use this formula

=sum({<Year={'2014'}>}Sales)  for the YOY for 2014

=sum({<Year={'2015'}>}Sales) for YOY for 2015

[sasiparupudi1]

try

sum({<Year={2015}>} Sales)

sum({<Year={2014}>} Sales)

[gautik92]

create a variable lik

vYear= max(Year)-1

then create a input box with variable vYear

create chart with expressions

sum({$<Year={$(=Max(Year))}>} Sales)

sum({$<Year={$(=Max(Year)-vYear)}>} Sales)

you can compare 2015 with 2014 and also with more previous years by changing values in input box

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone - I especially like the input box variable idea.

I've also just worked out how simple my second question is to answer 🙂

A third Expression with =80%

[Anonymous]

For your second question, you could also just add a Reference Line on the bottom right of the Presentation tab.