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BA11501Banderso
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Create Max Date Columns based on multiple columns (some with blanks)

Hello, 

I am trying to create a column populated with the max date from a series of columns.  Some of the columns have blanks in them.  For example Notification "1" would have a date of 9/16/2022 and Notification "2" would have a date of 4/25/2022.

 

Notification          01                    02                  03                   04                   05                   21

1                    4/14/2022       4/27/2022                                9/16/2022

2                    4/16/2022                              4/25/2022         4/25/2022

3                    4/16/2022                                                                             12/31/2022

4                    4/14/2022

 

Thank you!

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Anonymous
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Hi  @BA11501Banderso ,

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Enter PowerQuery and copy the Table to form Table2.

vyangliumsft_0-1668057094729.png

2. Select all columns in Table2 except [Notification] - Transform - Unpivot Columns.

vyangliumsft_1-1668057094739.png

Result:

vyangliumsft_2-1668057094741.png

3. Create calculated column.

Table2:

max_date =
 MAXX(FILTER(ALL('Table2'),'Table2'[Notification]=EARLIER('Table2'[Notification])),[Value])

Table:

Max Date Columns =
MINX(FILTER(ALL('Table2'),'Table2'[Notification]=EARLIER('Table'[Notification])),[max_date])

4. Result:

vyangliumsft_3-1668057094743.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

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Anonymous
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Hi  @BA11501Banderso ,

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Enter PowerQuery and copy the Table to form Table2.

vyangliumsft_0-1668057094729.png

2. Select all columns in Table2 except [Notification] - Transform - Unpivot Columns.

vyangliumsft_1-1668057094739.png

Result:

vyangliumsft_2-1668057094741.png

3. Create calculated column.

Table2:

max_date =
 MAXX(FILTER(ALL('Table2'),'Table2'[Notification]=EARLIER('Table2'[Notification])),[Value])

Table:

Max Date Columns =
MINX(FILTER(ALL('Table2'),'Table2'[Notification]=EARLIER('Table'[Notification])),[max_date])

4. Result:

vyangliumsft_3-1668057094743.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

Thank you Liu!  You made it very easy to follow.

FreemanZ
Super User
Super User

DAX works on columns, so you would need to transpose your data and add a column with MAX function for each Notification.  

Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@BA11501Banderso Might be best to unpivot your columns, or you can use this: Multi-Column Aggregations (MC Aggregations) - Microsoft Power BI Community



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