Previous Month Customer Count

Hi all,
I hope you can help me with my little problem.
I am using BI version 11.1.1.6.5 and would like to create a report, where there are going to be two columns (along with a number of others):
1. Number of customers for the selected month (using a dashboard prompt)
2. Number of customers for the month before the one selected above
It is easy to create #1 with COUNT(DISTINCT "Dim Sender Customer V"."Sender Customer Id"). I'm not sure how I can create #2... any ideas?
Regards,
Cihan

You can find previous row measure value using MSUM function.
MSUM("Sales Facts"."Amount Sold",2) - "Sales Facts"."Amount Sold"
Replace "Sales Facts"."Amount Sold" with your measure and make sure your report is properly sorted by Month.
Thanks
Edited by: Maqsood Hussain on Dec 6, 2012 11:35 PM

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