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Syndicate_Admin
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CREATE TEXT CATEGORIES FOR THE DATE FIELD

HELLO, I AM NEW TO POWER BI AND I AM SLOWLY LEARNING, I HAVE A SMALL PROBLEM

I HAVE A DATE FIELD, AND I NEED TO CREATE A NEW FIELD THAT CATEGORIZES THAT DATE FIELD FROM TODAY IN ADELTANTE WITH "WITHIN DEADLINE" AND FROM YESTERDAY BACKWARDS WITH "EXPIRED"

CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

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VahidDM
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Hi @Syndicate_Admin  @avaldiviezo 

 

You can add a new column to your table with this DAX expression:


DATA CATEGORIZES = 
Var _Today = TODAY()
Var _Date = Table[Your Date Column Name]
Return
IF(_Date<_Today,"EXPIRED","WITHIN DEADLINE")

If this post helps, please consider accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Appreciate your Kudos!!
LinkedIn: 
www.linkedin.com/in/vahid-dm/

 

 



 

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Syndicate_Admin
Administrator
Administrator

thanks, it was the right solution,

VahidDM
Super User
Super User

Hi @Syndicate_Admin  @avaldiviezo 

 

You can add a new column to your table with this DAX expression:


DATA CATEGORIZES = 
Var _Today = TODAY()
Var _Date = Table[Your Date Column Name]
Return
IF(_Date<_Today,"EXPIRED","WITHIN DEADLINE")

If this post helps, please consider accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Appreciate your Kudos!!
LinkedIn: 
www.linkedin.com/in/vahid-dm/

 

 



 

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