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Software ==>	PowerPivot (72 exercises)
Topic ==>	Date functions (10 exercises)
Level ==>	Relatively easy
Subject ==>	Power BI training

Use the SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR and DATEADD functions to show various statistics for total sales

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file . Once you've done this:

Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
Execute this script.

This will generate the database that you'll need to use in order to do this exercise (note that the database and script are only to be used for exercises published on this website, and may not be reused or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of Wise Owl).

Create a new workbook, and import the tblPurchase and tblCalendar tables into a PowerPivot data model.

Create a relationship between these tables by the purchase date:

In this example, the tables have also been given friendly names.

Create a pivot table showing total sales by year and quarter:

The start of our pivot table.

Create a measure giving the total sales for the same period in the previous year. Here's the syntax of this function:

=CALCULATE ( Expression, SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR( Calendar date key) )

Display this in your pivot table:

Sales in Q1 2011 were 272, so these are the sales for the previous year reported for Q1 2012.

Now add another measure, giving the total sales for the same period six months ago. There's no SAMEPERIODSIXMONTHSAGO function in DAX, so instead use DATEADD:

=CALCULATE ( Expression, DATEADD( Dates, periods to add, Quarter )

Display this in your pivot table: