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Anonymous
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if statement power query

Hi all, 

can anyone help me? 

I am using the below formula but the results are "Error". 

column name =IF(Tasks[TaskName]="Initiation",Tasks[TaskStartDate].[Date],"")

I want to find a specific name and then the dates of that name.

 

Thanks for your help

 

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Fowmy
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@Anonymous 

Please share the screenshot with the error. 

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Anonymous
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here it is 

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Fowmy
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@Anonymous 

 

If you do it in Power Query then: 

 

=if Tasks[TaskName]="Initiation" then Tasks[TaskStartDate] else null

 

If you are adding it as a column using DAX in your data model then:

 

column name =IF(Tasks[TaskName]="Initiation",Tasks[TaskStartDate],"")

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Anonymous
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Thanks but it still is showing #ERROR. 

your second formula is exactly I copied above 

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