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Annotate range of dates on a visual without using switch cases / multiple if statements

Hi,

 

I'm looking to annotate a set of specific points on a visual. I actually have a diverse dataset, with up to 8 slicers influencing the data at one time including date, but I would settle for an easy way to just condition on a range of dates without having to create multiple entries in a switch case as I often have one comment to propagate over multiple dates.

 

Currently I have a custom column that looks similar to this:

 

Comments = 
SWITCH ( date_column, 
DATE(27/01/2020), "Same comment", 
DATE(26/01/2020), "Same comment",
DATE(25/01/2020), "Same comment")

 

 

I tried using DATESBETWEEN() in DAX, and also manually typing DATE(27/01/2020) && DATE(26/01/2020) to annotate the same comment across multiple dates, but neither worked with the switch command. Is there an easier way of doing this?

 

A good outcome for me would be to reduce the toil in copy and pasting say 10 dates. An ideal outcome for me would be an easy way to also involve other slicer values to only have the comments displayed on that particular combination of data.

 

Thanks!

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dax
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Hi @Anonymous ,

If you want to create a column by condition, I think you could try to use below expression :

Column = SWITCH(TRUE(),'Table'[date]>date(2020,1,20) && 'Table'[date]<date(2020,2,2), "same","others")

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Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

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dax
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Hi @Anonymous ,

If you want to create a column by condition, I think you could try to use below expression :

Column = SWITCH(TRUE(),'Table'[date]>date(2020,1,20) && 'Table'[date]<date(2020,2,2), "same","others")

 565.PNG

Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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