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LizardBoi
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Assign text depending on Date

Hi All

Im looking for some help in creating a column in my date table that will allocate the season the date is in.

I need the information to be created regardless of year - but to include the year in the output....so


If the date is between 1st May '21 and 30th October '21 = "S21"

If the date is between 1st November '21 to 30th April '22 = "W21/22"
and so on.

Without going through each date in my table - whats the best way to do this please?

TIA

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selimovd
Super User
Super User

Hey @LizardBoi ,

 

yes, you can do that with a calculated column. Try the following approach:

Season = 
VAR vMonth = MONTH(myDateTable[Date])
VAR vYear = YEAR(myDateTable[Date])
RETURN
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    vMonth >= 5 && vMonth <= 10, "S" & RIGHT(vYear, 2),
    vMonth <= 4, "W" & RIGHT(vYear-1, 2) &" /" & RIGHT(vYear, 2),
    vMonth >= 11, "W" & RIGHT(vYear, 2)   & "/" & RIGHT(vYear+1, 2)
)

 

If you need any help please let me know.
If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
 
Best regards
Denis
 

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selimovd
Super User
Super User

Hey @LizardBoi ,

 

yes, you can do that with a calculated column. Try the following approach:

Season = 
VAR vMonth = MONTH(myDateTable[Date])
VAR vYear = YEAR(myDateTable[Date])
RETURN
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    vMonth >= 5 && vMonth <= 10, "S" & RIGHT(vYear, 2),
    vMonth <= 4, "W" & RIGHT(vYear-1, 2) &" /" & RIGHT(vYear, 2),
    vMonth >= 11, "W" & RIGHT(vYear, 2)   & "/" & RIGHT(vYear+1, 2)
)

 

If you need any help please let me know.
If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
 
Best regards
Denis
 

Excellent - Thank you this worked a treat

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