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TJohnson6754
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Finding duplicates dates across multiple columns by category

Hi all,

 

I'm having trouble finding a way to find the consumers who have duplicate dates in multiple (2 in this case) columns.

 

Data collected and imported like this:

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And I'd like to be able to identify the duplicate dates by consumer ID:

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Here's a non-exhaustive list of things I've tried:

I separated the table into two - one for date column A and one for date column B, using SUMMARIZE COLUMNS and tried to match them from there but I kept getting errors. I matched the two tables on ConsumerID. They didn't like that. Then I tried one to many matching from the two ConsumerID columns to the parent table 'Consumers', and I still was getting all kinds of errors.

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I *even* tried unioning the two tables and trying to manipulate the data from there:

TJohnson6754_5-1701459791255.png

I think this shows some serious gaps in fundamental knowledge on my part perhaps with row context vs. filter context, but I was hoping I could find a solution to this issue in addition to some suggestions for dax concepts to better familiarize myself with.

 

Thank you all!

 

 

 

 

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WinterMist
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

@TJohnson6754 

 

Still working on a more elegant way to do this, but here is a solution using a calculated column.

 

WinterMist_2-1701474509538.png

 

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Regards,

Nathan

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TJohnson6754
Frequent Visitor

Thank you so much, this works perfectly!

WinterMist
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

@TJohnson6754 

 

Still working on a more elegant way to do this, but here is a solution using a calculated column.

 

WinterMist_2-1701474509538.png

 

WinterMist_3-1701474567394.png

 

Regards,

Nathan

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