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rido1421
Creator III
Creator III

Max Date and Max Day Variable

Hi There

I would like to create a variable  for max(Day) and Max(Year)

I have a dashboard and I have the current year sales figures

I also have last year sales figures I want to compare the two YTD so in my set analysis of the previous year I want to use a variable

to tell it to give me the sales figures for last year but only up until this years Max(Day)

what is the best way to do this?

I hope this makes sense...

Regards

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Gysbert_Wassenaar
Partner - Champion III
Partner - Champion III

Create a variable vMaxDay as =max(Day) and a variable vMaxYear as =max(Year).

You can use these variables in set analysis expressions.

Current: sum(Amount)

Previous year: sum({<Year={$(=vMaxYear-1)},Day={'<=$(=vMaxDay-1)'}>} Amount)


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rido1421
Creator III
Creator III
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I have used =(Day(today()-1)) as my variable vCurrentDay and then used this in my set analysis

seems to work well... do you see any Issues I may have from doing it this way Gysbert?