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Setting up Column Definition to compare accounting period with last year accounting period.

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Hello, I am trying to set up column definitions in Finacial reporting, which shows compassion of this year's accounting period to last year's same accounting period. FYI uses client uses 12M accounting periods. 

Example of what I'm trying to achieve: 

Column 1 has data for Accounting Period/Month for current year.

Column 2 has data for Accounting Period/Month for previous year.

                             

Column 1 Column 
Year 2023 2022
Accounting Period/Month March March

 

 Has anyone done something similar before? Or has any suggestions on how to make this definition? 

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    Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    1,161 Moderator on at

    The formula you should use is -1FY That will give you the period for the last fiscal year.

    learn.microsoft.com/.../bi-how-work-account-schedule

  • Harsh Patel Profile Picture
    130 on at

    Thank you for the response it was very helpful.

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