Comparing this year to last year (both YTD)

Hi!

I have this dashboard built already, but I just wanted to double check to make sure the filter is doing what I think it's doing.  We have a widget set up to show various funds and how they are pacing to goal, as well as to last fiscal year YTD variance.  The filter behind the filter is this:

Is that more or less filtering to last fiscal year and "this time" last year?

Thanks!!

  • Hi Kari,

    First, it looks like you have duplicate aggregation happening. When the value reads as [Total Something], that's doing a SUM() of that Something. Applying a SUM() on top of that [Total Something] is essentially this: SUM( SUM( [Amount] ) ). In other words, if it says [Total...] then you already have a SUM applied and there is no need to apply the additional SUM. Alternatively, you change [Total Amount] to "All Items" so that it just reads as SUM( [Amount] ).

    That said, I read that filter as the 720 days prior to 366 days ago. Then the whole formula as the total amount from Campaign FY 1 (presumably "this" fiscal year), minus the total amount from Campaign FY 2 ("last" fiscal year) where the contribution dates within that campaign were between 1,086 and 366 days ago.

    So yes, I think that looks correct.

    Best,
    Chris