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Calculate days between 2 events
I've got a table of maintenance activities and I'm struggling to figure out how to use DATEDIFF to calculate the number of days between the grass cuttings grouped by parks. Here's a sample of the data
Ideally, what I'd like to do is have a fourth column that says "Days since last cut". I've tried to modify code I've seen using DATEDIFF and some sort of placeholder VAR, but they all seem to assume that you've only got one "Park" value, so it gives me the number of days since ANY park was cut. Any help would be appreciated.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Here's what I came up with. There's a few steps, but not to painful.
Step 1:
- Get the data into Power Query.
- Figure out a way to remove exact duplicates. Meaning same Park, Activity, and Completed Date/Time
- Create a copy of the Completed column, and change to data type to Whole Number
Step 2:
- Load that into the data model
- Add an "Index" column so we know what the previous date was:
Index = VAR CurrentPark= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Park] Var CurrentAct= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Activity] VAR CurrentCompleted= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed] RETURN CALCULATE( COUNTROWS( FILTER( ALL ( 'Calculate Dates Between' ) , CurrentPark = 'Calculate Dates Between'[Park] && CurrentAct = 'Calculate Dates Between'[Activity] && CurrentCompleted >= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed] ) ) ) - Now we can write a measure since we have the data we need in the correct format:
Days Since Last Cut = IF ( NOT ( HASONEVALUE('Calculate Dates Between'[Index])), BLANK(), /* this will put blank if there is more than 1 index (i.e. subtotals/totals*/ IF( MAX('Calculate Dates Between'[Index]) <>1, /*do not want a value on the 1st date, so will put "First cut"*/ MAX( 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed - Whole Number])- /*Current Whole Date in the current filter context*/ CALCULATE( MAX( 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed - Whole Number]), FILTER( ALL( 'Calculate Dates Between'), 'Calculate Dates Between'[Index] = MAX('Calculate Dates Between'[Index])-1 ), /*want to filter that whole number column we created by taking the current index and going back one */ VALUES('Calculate Dates Between'[Park]) /*need to keep the filter on Park in play*/ ), "First Cut" /*Value for 1st date, could be anything )Seems like a lot (and it is!) but when broken down it's not so bad.....
Here's the final output:
Hopefully that makes sense, but fire away any questions
11 Replies
- AnonymousNot applicable
can you post some sample data that I can grab?
- nickintoshFrequent Visitor
Park Activity Completed Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/6/2018 16:16 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/23/2018 18:38 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/15/2018 18:05 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/18/2018 16:45 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/25/2018 9:00 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/25/2018 9:00 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/23/2018 17:24 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/25/2018 18:06 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/10/2018 17:27 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/27/2018 17:32 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/17/2018 18:48 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alberson Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 3/28/2018 14:02 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/2/2018 23:34 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/2/2018 23:36 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/8/2018 23:30 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/13/2018 19:36 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/20/2018 18:31 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/10/2018 18:33 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/24/2018 18:33 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/7/2018 18:32 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/24/2018 19:26 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/13/2018 19:23 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/26/2018 19:26 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/17/2018 19:25 Alcy-Samuels Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/29/2018 19:26 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 3/28/2018 14:07 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/7/2018 19:32 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/7/2018 19:34 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/9/2018 23:31 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/6/2018 19:35 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/19/2018 18:37 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/3/2018 18:31 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/23/2018 18:34 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/6/2018 18:31 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/24/2018 19:21 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/10/2018 19:29 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/27/2018 19:31 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/15/2018 19:25 Alcy-Warren Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/29/2018 19:27 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 3/28/2018 15:09 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/25/2018 9:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/25/2018 9:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 11/6/2018 13:00 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 3/28/2018 15:14 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 4/18/2018 19:32 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 4/25/2018 19:40 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/17/2018 19:30 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/24/2018 19:30 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/6/2018 18:30 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/5/2018 18:34 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/30/2018 17:01 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/6/2018 18:30 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/23/2018 19:31 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/10/2018 19:38 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/17/2018 19:35 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/18/2018 19:37 Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/26/2018 19:39 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 3/23/2018 7:00 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 4/9/2018 7:00 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 4/13/2018 15:30 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 4/26/2018 7:00 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/3/2018 5:00 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/13/2018 7:00 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 5/30/2018 7:00 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 6/18/2018 7:00 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/15/2018 17:58 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 7/25/2018 18:19 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/7/2018 13:25 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 8/25/2018 18:37 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/17/2018 17:58 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 9/20/2018 19:39 American Way Park Mow Edge Trim Blow 10/18/2018 16:33 - AnonymousNot applicable
Here's what I came up with. There's a few steps, but not to painful.
Step 1:
- Get the data into Power Query.
- Figure out a way to remove exact duplicates. Meaning same Park, Activity, and Completed Date/Time
- Create a copy of the Completed column, and change to data type to Whole Number
Step 2:
- Load that into the data model
- Add an "Index" column so we know what the previous date was:
Index = VAR CurrentPark= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Park] Var CurrentAct= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Activity] VAR CurrentCompleted= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed] RETURN CALCULATE( COUNTROWS( FILTER( ALL ( 'Calculate Dates Between' ) , CurrentPark = 'Calculate Dates Between'[Park] && CurrentAct = 'Calculate Dates Between'[Activity] && CurrentCompleted >= 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed] ) ) ) - Now we can write a measure since we have the data we need in the correct format:
Days Since Last Cut = IF ( NOT ( HASONEVALUE('Calculate Dates Between'[Index])), BLANK(), /* this will put blank if there is more than 1 index (i.e. subtotals/totals*/ IF( MAX('Calculate Dates Between'[Index]) <>1, /*do not want a value on the 1st date, so will put "First cut"*/ MAX( 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed - Whole Number])- /*Current Whole Date in the current filter context*/ CALCULATE( MAX( 'Calculate Dates Between'[Completed - Whole Number]), FILTER( ALL( 'Calculate Dates Between'), 'Calculate Dates Between'[Index] = MAX('Calculate Dates Between'[Index])-1 ), /*want to filter that whole number column we created by taking the current index and going back one */ VALUES('Calculate Dates Between'[Park]) /*need to keep the filter on Park in play*/ ), "First Cut" /*Value for 1st date, could be anything )Seems like a lot (and it is!) but when broken down it's not so bad.....
Here's the final output:
Hopefully that makes sense, but fire away any questions