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I am trying to calculate the length of time between an opportunity created date and closing date. I am using the below measure, but I get an error "Too few arguments were passed to the DATEDIFF function. The minimum argument count for the function is 3. I have never used this function before and have followed what I have seen in other formum examples with no resolution. Can someone direct me on how to correct the error?
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@Alicia83B No, forget about the DATEDIFF, you don't need it, use the actual formula I provided. It is a 100% complete formula. Dates are decimal numbers where the integer portion is the number of days since 12/30/1899. So all you have to do is subtract them and multiply by 1. to make sure you return a number instead of a date.
@Alicia83B Try:
Time to Close (Days) = ( MAX(Opportunities[closingdate]) - MIN(Opportunities[createdtime]) ) * 1.
Also, you are missing a ) right before ", DAY" and so then have an extra ) at the end.
@Greg_Deckler Hi Greg, thanks for the reply. This did not work. I have a red swiggly line under the ) before *1
@Alicia83B Did you miss the leading ( ? Also, probably need single quotes around your table names:
Time to Close (Days) = ( MAX('Opportunities'[closingdate]) - MIN('Opportunities'[createdtime]) ) * 1.
@Greg_Deckler Below is what I have for the measure. Still not working.
@Alicia83B No, forget about the DATEDIFF, you don't need it, use the actual formula I provided. It is a 100% complete formula. Dates are decimal numbers where the integer portion is the number of days since 12/30/1899. So all you have to do is subtract them and multiply by 1. to make sure you return a number instead of a date.