How to combine two columns dates into one column

[Pioneer]

Hi,

How to combine two dates columns of a table  into one  new column .please check below sample data for reference.

expecting output:

Sample excelreport:

In_Date	Out_date
01-11-2014	20-08-1999
15-04-1998	19-01-1998
16-11-2022
20-08-1999	21-08-1999
21-01-2001	20-09-1993
21-09-1994	21-01-2001
30-01-1997	01-11-2014

Thanks,

Pioneer

[v-zhangti]

Hi, @Pioneer 

You can try the following methods.
New Table:

Table 2 = DISTINCT(UNION(VALUES('Table'[In_Date]),VALUES('Table'[Out_date])))

Is this the result you expect?

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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[Pioneer]

Hi @v-zhangti ,

Thanks for reply , My requirement is to create another column in the same table instead of creating  new table.

that New  column should able to use in slicer  visual aswell.

Thanks,

Pioneer

[v-zhangti · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Pioneer 

This can only be done in Power Query.

Copy two more tables, delete one of the columns from each table, change the column names to [In and Out date] and use Append.

Select Remove duplicates.

Join the initial table and the Append table to the right.

Result:

Click in the top right corner to expand.

Is this the result you expect?

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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[sizi]

I have 9 date columns . Can you help plz?i tried the above solution but no luck. Is there anyway i can define date filter combining all the 9 date columns? Attached sample data. Kindly help.

Task#	User	Task Name	Planned Start	Planned End	Actual Start	Actual End	IT Approval	Initial Approval	Technical Approval	Final Approval	Status
1	John	Task 1	10/2/2023 0:00	10/8/2023 0:00	10/2/2023 0:00	10/8/2023 0:00	12/26/2023 0:00	11/4/2023 0:00	12/13/2023 0:00		In Progress
2	Johnny	Task2	9/12/2023 0:00	9/27/2023 0:00	9/12/2023 0:00	12/2/2023 0:00					On-hold
3	Claire	Task3									On-hold
4	Venna	Task4	12/3/2023 0:00		12/3/2023 0:00	12/13/2023 0:00					In Progress
5	Sierra	Task5	9/30/2023 0:00	10/4/2023 0:00						1/20/2024	Canceled
6	Adam	Task6							1/1/2024		Completed
7	John	Task7	9/24/2023 0:00	9/25/2023 0:00	9/25/2023 0:00	9/25/2023 0:00					Completed
8	Johnny	Task8	11/6/2023 0:00	11/8/2023 0:00	11/6/2023 0:00	11/11/2023 0:00		11/12/2023 0:00	11/19/2023 0:00		Completed
9	Claire	Task9	9/9/2023 0:00	9/11/2023 0:00	9/9/2023 0:00	9/11/2023 0:00		10/1/2024 0:00	15/1/2024  12:00:00 AM		Completed
10	Venna	Task10	12/23/2023 0:00	1/3/2024 0:00	12/23/2023 0:00	1/3/2024 0:00		1/14/2024 0:00	1/7/2024 0:00	1/17/2024 0:00	Completed

[Anonymous]

Hi @Pioneer ,

What is the logic you follow to get the combine column?

[Pioneer]

Hi @Anonymous,

Iam looking for the Dax logic to achieve the expected output column in the same table.

Thanks,

Pioneer

[Anonymous]

Yes, but its needed to know the logic how you want obtain the output column,

is In_date at top and Out_date at bottom and remove duplicates?

[Pioneer]

 @Anonymous 

We need to get all the dates, including blank values if existed from both the columns in  one new column and need to maintain unique data.

Thanks 

pioneer

[Anonymous]

I think the best is do it in Power Query. You can duplicate the table and then append, and you will have something like this:

And you just should to combine both columns and remove duplicates.

[Pioneer]

Hi @Anonymous 

I have tried this method not working as expected,looking for any DAX column