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LUCASM
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6 years ago
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Create a date calculation

I need to create an if the else statement based on the following rules and am pulling my hair out. This should be fairly simple so why I cant fathom it out is beyound me at the moment.   The rule ...
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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    6 years ago

    Here is the Power Query code, same logic as the DAX code and the DAX is prettier...

     

    = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each let
  Year = Date.Year(DateTime.Date([Date])),
  Month = Date.Month(DateTime.Date([Date])),
  Day = Date.Day(DateTime.Date([Date]))
in
 if (Day >= 26) and (Month = 12) then #date(Year+1,1,26) else if (Day >= 26) then #date(Year,Month+1,26) else #date(Year,Month,26))
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LUCASM
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6 years ago

Greg_Deckler 

Thank you for this,

Is this added as a Custom Column? if so I am getting a "Token Eof expected" error

when I select show error, it highlights __Year

 

Martin

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Greg_Deckler
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6 years ago

Yes and I don't get that, attached the PBIX. I did add some spaces between things. I have seen that internationally sometimes having numbers butted up against commas causes problems. If it isn't that, not sure. Seems to work for me.

  • LUCASM's avatar
    LUCASM
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    6 years ago

    Hi Greg_Deckler 

     

    Is this for Power BI or Power Query - (or both)

    as you dropped in a pbix file

    I need this to be added to PowerQuery (get and transform in Excel)

    Maybe the two are synonymouos but as written it ios not recognised by PowerQuery in Excel as a Custom Column

    • Greg_Deckler's avatar
      Greg_Deckler
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      6 years ago

      Here is the Power Query code, same logic as the DAX code and the DAX is prettier...

       

      = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each let
  Year = Date.Year(DateTime.Date([Date])),
  Month = Date.Month(DateTime.Date([Date])),
  Day = Date.Day(DateTime.Date([Date]))
in
 if (Day >= 26) and (Month = 12) then #date(Year+1,1,26) else if (Day >= 26) then #date(Year,Month+1,26) else #date(Year,Month,26))
      • LUCASM's avatar
        LUCASM
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        6 years ago

        Greg_Deckler 

        Thats awesome. I now know why I didnt have a snowballs chance of resolving that on my own.

        many many thanks

    • Greg_Deckler's avatar
      Greg_Deckler
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      6 years ago

      Guess I should have checked the forum. This is for DAX, let me see if I an whip up a Power Query version.