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I am having some trouble with writing DAX to mark stale incoming files. In my source, I have the columns DataLakeSourceFileAndModifiedDate, FileName, FileModifiedDate, and FileSizeBytes.
I want to make a new column in DAX called Stale File Flag, where the criteria is that for each FileName, if FileSizeBytes has the same value for three consecutive days, then I want to flag the 4th day's identical record as stale data.
Could anyone help me out with the DAX to accomplish this? For brevity's sake I removed records from 5/1 ~ 6/25, but in my real data these rows exist with the identical FileSizeBytes. Thank you in advance for your help.
Here is my desired output
Here is my sample data
FullFilePath FileName FileModifiedDate FileSizeBytes
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/10/2023 4:31:35 PM 11592004
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/11/2023 4:31:22 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/12/2023 4:31:10 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/13/2023 4:31:40 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/14/2023 4:34:05 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/15/2023 4:31:35 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/16/2023 4:31:40 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/17/2023 4:31:33 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/18/2023 4:31:58 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/19/2023 4:31:23 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/20/2023 4:31:43 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/21/2023 4:31:12 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/22/2023 4:31:49 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/23/2023 4:32:06 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/24/2023 4:31:21 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/25/2023 4:32:07 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/26/2023 4:31:47 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/27/2023 4:31:23 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/28/2023 4:32:25 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/29/2023 4:32:37 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/30/2023 4:31:39 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/26/2023 4:31:44 PM 11636621
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/27/2023 4:31:18 PM 11574498
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/28/2023 4:33:11 PM 11618554
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/29/2023 4:32:13 PM 11598289Solved! Go to Solution.
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@ryan_mayu Thank you very much, this is extremely helpful. I should have specified in my sample data, I have cases where the data differs by FileName. How could the calc columns be re-written to group by FileName?
Updated Sample Data
FullFilePath FileName FileModifiedDate FileSizeBytes Stale Data Flag
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 11/21/2022 4:31:21 PM 5145425 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 11/22/2022 4:31:34 PM 5408281 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 11/23/2022 4:31:25 PM 5355350 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 11/27/2022 4:31:48 PM 5341969 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 11/28/2022 4:31:35 PM 5341969 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 11/29/2022 4:31:34 PM 5341969 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 11/30/2022 4:31:34 PM 5341969 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 12/1/2022 4:31:43 PM 5341969 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 12/2/2022 4:31:33 PM 5341969 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 12/3/2022 4:31:29 PM 5341969 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 12/4/2022 4:31:37 PM 5341969 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 6/25/2023 4:32:21 PM 5282110 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 6/26/2023 4:32:12 PM 5282110 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 6/27/2023 4:31:42 PM 5408530 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/GROUPS.CSV GROUPS.CSV 6/28/2023 4:33:42 PM 5431287 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 11/22/2022 4:31:16 PM 12096395 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 11/23/2022 4:31:05 PM 12106921 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 11/27/2022 4:31:24 PM 12125228 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 11/28/2022 4:31:11 PM 12125228 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 11/29/2022 4:31:14 PM 12125228 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 11/30/2022 4:31:13 PM 12125228 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 12/1/2022 4:31:22 PM 12125228 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 12/2/2022 4:31:15 PM 12125228 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 12/3/2022 4:31:09 PM 12125228 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 12/4/2022 4:31:15 PM 12125228 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 2/14/2023 4:31:32 PM 12125228 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 2/15/2023 4:31:38 PM 12125228 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 2/16/2023 4:31:30 PM 12182748 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 2/17/2023 4:31:15 PM 12170777 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 2/18/2023 4:31:14 PM 12178227 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/10/2023 4:31:35 PM 11592004 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/11/2023 4:31:22 PM 11636621 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/12/2023 4:31:10 PM 11636621 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/13/2023 4:31:40 PM 11636621 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/14/2023 4:34:05 PM 11636621 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/15/2023 4:31:35 PM 11636621 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/16/2023 4:31:40 PM 11636621 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 4/17/2023 4:31:33 PM 11636621 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/24/2023 4:31:57 PM 11636621 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/25/2023 4:31:55 PM 11636621 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/26/2023 4:31:44 PM 11636621 Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/27/2023 4:31:18 PM 11574498 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/28/2023 4:33:11 PM 11618554 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/29/2023 4:32:13 PM 11598289 Not Stale
DBFS:/MNT/ACTIVEDIRECTORY/USERS.CSV USERS.CSV 6/30/2023 4:32:06 PM 11625059 Not Stale
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