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wmedin2022
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Date duration with if stament

Hi All, im stuck with the follwing DAX command on my power query. I want to Days Passed to calculate the duration in days based on the status. If status is "complete" then calculate duration from date to date complete. if <> complete then calculate date to current date or Today.I

 I get this error message

 

Expression.Error: 2 arguments were passed to a function which expects 1.
Details:
Pattern=
Arguments=[List]

 

this is my DAX

 

= Table.AddColumn(#"Extracted Month Name", "Days_Passed", each if [Status] = "Complete" then
Duration.Days([Date], [Date Closed]) else Duration.Days([Date], DateTime.LocalNow()))

 

Thanks in advance!

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TomasAndersson
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Solution Sage

Hi!

Duration.Days expects one argument, a difference between two dates, so you need to use a minus sign instead of a comma there. You also need to convert DateTime.LocalNow() from DateTime to Date. Try something like:

= Table.AddColumn(#"Extracted Month Name", "Days_Passed", each if[Status] = "Complete" then Duration.Days([Date Closed]-[Date]) else Duration.Days(DateTime.Date(DateTime.LocalNow())-[Date]))

 

 Hope this helps!

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TomasAndersson
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi!

Duration.Days expects one argument, a difference between two dates, so you need to use a minus sign instead of a comma there. You also need to convert DateTime.LocalNow() from DateTime to Date. Try something like:

= Table.AddColumn(#"Extracted Month Name", "Days_Passed", each if[Status] = "Complete" then Duration.Days([Date Closed]-[Date]) else Duration.Days(DateTime.Date(DateTime.LocalNow())-[Date]))

 

 Hope this helps!

It works!!!

Thank you

Anonymous
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Hi @wmedin2022 

Can you share the sample data?

 

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