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bwelsh
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9 years ago
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Adding Pay Period to Date Dimension Table

Hello,

 

I have a date dimension table and I need to add a column for pay period end date each date in the table ends on. How would I go about doing this? Generally (in excel) I would set the first static pay period end date and simply count up from there, however this date dimension table is dynamic so I wont be able to do that. Our last bi-weekly pay period ended on April 28th.

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  • v-sihou-msft's avatar
    v-sihou-msft
    9 years ago

    bwelsh

     

    In this scenario, you can create a calculated column to display the pay period number based on the first pay period start date. Then you can calculate the max date within same pay period group.

     

    I use 2017/4/29 as the first pay period start date.

     

    1. Create a calculated column like below;

     

    pay period number = FLOOR(DATEDIFF(DATE(2017,4,29),'Table'[Date],DAY)/14,1)+1

     

     

    2. Then create a column to get the pay period end date.

     

    pay period end date = CALCULATE(MAX('Table'[Date]),ALLEXCEPT('Table','Table'[pay period number]))

     

     

    Regards,

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    Anonymous
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    9 years ago

    Hi bwelsh

    Can you post a pic of your data and a pic of the desired output?

     

    • bwelsh's avatar
      bwelsh
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      9 years ago

      This is my date dimension table. I need to create a column (based on the first column) that shows the last date of the pay-period.

       

      • v-sihou-msft's avatar
        v-sihou-msft
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        9 years ago

        bwelsh

         

        In this scenario, you can create a calculated column to display the pay period number based on the first pay period start date. Then you can calculate the max date within same pay period group.

         

        I use 2017/4/29 as the first pay period start date.

         

        1. Create a calculated column like below;

         

        pay period number = FLOOR(DATEDIFF(DATE(2017,4,29),'Table'[Date],DAY)/14,1)+1

         

         

        2. Then create a column to get the pay period end date.

         

        pay period end date = CALCULATE(MAX('Table'[Date]),ALLEXCEPT('Table','Table'[pay period number]))

         

         

        Regards,