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Anonymous
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Generate the same reference numbers for reports submitted by a company in the same day

Hi

I'd like to have a calculated column that generates unique reference numbers for reports submitted by companies with the following requirement. 

1. When a company submitted more than one reports on the same day, the report reference would be the same. 

For additional context, I have unique reference numbers for each reports which I use for relationships. 
 Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. 

cheers

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous , Create a rank column on truncated date column

 

new columns =

Date = datevalue([Datetime])

 

Rank = rankx(Table, [Date],,asc,dense)

 

or

 

Rank = rankx(filter(Table, [Company] = earlier([Company]) ) , [Date],,asc,dense)

 

You can rank in power query

Rank in Power Query? Power Query Table.AddRankColumn : https://youtu.be/bnB1rgAhZaw

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