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Agustina
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5 years ago
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Why SWITCH does not work as expected replace for my nested IFs?

 Hello colleagues,

 

I am working creating a calculated column to get different due dates based on each item priority and status.

I used to have nested IFs and worked perfectly fine, but I would like to be more efficient and use SWITCH instead, although I cannot get it to fully work - most of the rows I get are blanks.

 

Here are both exppressions:

 

DueDate_OldButWorking =
IF(
NOT(ISBLANK('2021 Cases'[Submission Date])) && RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4,
IF(
RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) = 3,
'2021 Cases'[Submission Date] + 21,
IF(
RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) = 1 || RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) = 2,
'2021 Cases'[Submission Date] + 5,
BLANK()
)
)
)
 
DueDate_New =
SWITCH(
TRUE(),
NOT(ISBLANK('2021 Cases'[Submission Date])) && RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4 && RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) = 3, DATEADD('2021 Cases'[Submission Date], 21, DAY),
NOT(ISBLANK('2021 Cases'[Submission Date])) && RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4 && RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) = 2, DATEADD('2021 Cases'[Submission Date], 5,DAY),
NOT(ISBLANK('2021 Cases'[Submission Date])) && RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4 && RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) = 1, DATEADD('2021 Cases'[Submission Date], 5,DAY),
BLANK()
)
 
Can you identify what is that I am not doing correctly?
Many thanks in advance!
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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    5 years ago

    Agustina , Try like

     

    DueDate_New =
    if(NOT(ISBLANK('2021 Cases'[Submission Date])) ,
    SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4 && RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) = 3, DATEADD('2021 Cases'[Submission Date], 21, DAY),
    RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4 && RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) in {1,2}, DATEADD('2021 Cases'[Submission Date], 5,DAY),
    BLANK()
    ), blank())

2 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Agustina 

     

    Just a quickie: The fact that you get 2 different results from IF and SWITCH only mean that your SWITCH is NOT logically equivalent to your IF. You just make a logical mistake when you translate into SWITCH.

  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Super User
    5 years ago

    Agustina , Try like

     

    DueDate_New =
    if(NOT(ISBLANK('2021 Cases'[Submission Date])) ,
    SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4 && RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) = 3, DATEADD('2021 Cases'[Submission Date], 21, DAY),
    RELATED(AUX_DetailedStatus[Level]) > 4 && RELATED(AUX_Priority[Level]) in {1,2}, DATEADD('2021 Cases'[Submission Date], 5,DAY),
    BLANK()
    ), blank())