topic Re: Transforming Data with M in Power Query

Transforming Data with M

credencial — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:39:58 GMT

Hi folks,

I have a table data:

I need create two more columns like this:

and fill in the START and END columns following the formula:

START = END OF PREVIOUS MONTH (in this case the month of september)

END = (START + ENTRANCE) - EXIT

The dates are varied, they can comprise several periods according to the user's parameter date filter. I always have the START number for the first month given through a "STARTDATE" measure DAX.

I imagine the path is to do in M, can you give me a light?

Thanks for any help.

Re: Transforming Data with M

mahoneypat — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 21:24:54 GMT

Here's one way to do it in the query editor. To see how it works, just create a blank query, open the Advanced Editor and replace the text there with the M code below. Did you mean to do + Exit - Entrance, since the End date is before the Start date with the formula above? You can adapt this, if so.

let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wyk8u0TcyUNJRMgURZgZKsTrRSnn5ZRBBCxBhaAQRTUlNhogawZTGAgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Entrance = _t, Exit = _t]), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "DateForCalc", each "1/"&[Date]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom",{{"Entrance", Int64.Type}, {"Exit", Int64.Type}, {"DateForCalc", type date}}), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Start", each Date.EndOfMonth(Date.AddMonths([DateForCalc], -1)), type date), #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "End", each Date.AddDays([Start], [Entrance] - [Exit]), type date) in #"Added Custom2"

Pat

Re: Transforming Data with M

credencial — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 01:37:09 GMT

Thanks mahoneypat .

I tested your suggestion, but I didn't get the result. Maybe I didn't explain it right. I need this result:

Re: Transforming Data with M

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:41:45 GMT

Hi credencial ,

Here is the whole M syntax:

let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WKk4t0DcyUNJRgiBDAwOlWJ1opfzkEoiwKYgwAysAiefll0HELUCEoRFcIiU1GSJhhKQhFgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Entrance = _t, Exit = _t, End = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type text}, {"Entrance", Int64.Type}, {"Exit", Int64.Type}, {"End", Int64.Type}}), #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Custom", each try #"Added Index" [End] {[Index] - 1} otherwise null), #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Custom",{"End"}), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Filled Down", "Custom.1", each if [Index]=0 then [End] else [End]+List.Sum(List.Range(#"Filled Down"[Entrance],1,[Index]))-List.Sum(List.Range(#"Filled Down"[Exit],1,[Index]))), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom1",{"Custom"}), #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom", each try #"Added Custom1" [Custom.1]{[Index] - 1} otherwise null), #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"Index", "End"}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns1",{{"Custom.1", "End"}, {"Custom", "Start"}}) in #"Renamed Columns"

The final result is this.

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

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Re: Transforming Data with M

credencial — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:14:07 GMT

Thanks for solution Anonymous. Perfect.