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Mishelski
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Create day of week sort based on latest day

I have a table where I am trying to create a coloumn with values from 1 to 7 based on monday to sunday and where the latest date is 1 and the day before that = 2 and so on

Mishelski_0-1667907009143.png

 

I have used the following calculation to create this but its not doing what im expecting. Im not sure why Sat is showing as -4 rather than 3

 

DOW sort flag =
VAR daycheck = weekday(today(),2) - 'DIM_WEEKDAY_sort'[WEEKDAY]
Return
if(daycheck = -1,6,
if(daycheck = 0,7,
if(daycheck = -2,5,
if(daycheck = -3,4,
daycheck))
))

 

Any help would be appraciated 

 

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VahidDM
Super User
Super User

Hi @Mishelski 

 

Try this code to add your column:

DOW sort flag =
VAR _daycheck =
    WEEKDAY ( TODAY (), 2 )
RETURN
    IF (
        DIM_WEEKDAY_sort[WEEKDAY] >= _daycheck,
        7 - ( DIM_WEEKDAY_sort[WEEKDAY] - _daycheck ),
        _daycheck - DIM_WEEKDAY_sort[WEEKDAY]
    )

 

Output:

VahidDM_0-1667945718043.png

 

 

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amehrosh
Frequent Visitor

Hi,
Please try this once...
Hope it works..!!!
 
DOW sort flag =
VAR daycheck = DIM_WEEKDAY_sort'[WEEKDAY]-(weekday(today(),2)-1)
Return
if(daycheck = -1,6,
if(daycheck = 0,7,
if(daycheck = -2,5,
if(daycheck = -3,4,
daycheck))
))
VahidDM
Super User
Super User

Hi @Mishelski 

 

Try this code to add your column:

DOW sort flag =
VAR _daycheck =
    WEEKDAY ( TODAY (), 2 )
RETURN
    IF (
        DIM_WEEKDAY_sort[WEEKDAY] >= _daycheck,
        7 - ( DIM_WEEKDAY_sort[WEEKDAY] - _daycheck ),
        _daycheck - DIM_WEEKDAY_sort[WEEKDAY]
    )

 

Output:

VahidDM_0-1667945718043.png

 

 

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

Appreciate your Kudos!! 

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Thank you so much! This has worked perfectly! Really appreciate it!

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