Adding Days to current date

[Jimb2007]

So i have a field that shows the number of days till out of inventory and I want to have it add to the current date so I know what the date is the inventory will run out.  Then I can compare the date the inventory will run out to the date the on order items will arrive to determine if I have an inventory gap or not.  How do I do this.  Been reading a ton of message boards and can't find a way to make this work.  Please help.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

You could add a column. Say your last step name is FinalStep, and your days on hand field is DaysOnHand:

CurrentDate= Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow()),
NewColumn = Table.AddColumn(FinalStep,  "OutOfStockDate", each Date.AddDays(CurrentDate, [DaysOnHand]))

This will add the amount of days from DaysOnHand to today's date.

--Nate 

[Jimb2007]

So I have created to column "Current Date" but when I try your recommended solution to add to that colum the number of days til out I get an error.  Seems to be with FinalStep.  I do not understand why.  Is this just to name the column or to provide a calucalated function? What is the function of FinalStep?

[v-angzheng-msft]

Hi, @Jimb2007 

Could you please consdier sharing more details about it or a simple sample file without any sesentive information for further discussion?

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng
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[mahoneypat]

You can use TODAY() in DAX columns/measures or Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow()) in the query editor to get the current date to add to your column.  If it's a measure, you need to use the TODAY() approach.

Pat