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Age Calculation in Data Transformation via a Custom Column

Good night. I'm new to power bi and I need to do a job to finish a course. To this end, I have been provided with a database in which the date of birth appears only in "year" and in numerica...
  • Bipin-Lala's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hi,

    Since the year of birth is provided instead of the date of birth, I am assuming that to calculate age, you just need to subtract the year of birth from the current year. This can be done by using the M query formula below - 

     

    Age in Years = Date.Year(DateTimeZone.UtcNow()) - [Year of Birth]

     

    I hope it's the result you are looking for in the Age field.

     

    Age Group: There are various ways to create age groups/ bins in DAX and M Query. Since no requirements have been mentioned, I am assuming you need to create simple age groups to classify the ages. This can be done using the conditional column in the query editor as shown below - 

    • Go to Add Column tab and select Conditional Column
    • Enter the grouping logic on the Age in Years field as shown below - 

    You can write the conditions as per your requirements for grouping the ages into bins.

     

    Let me know if it helps!