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actroyani
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Check if a value exists previously

Hi,

I would like to know how to create a new column where I get the value "New" if a person exists in previous months of my data and "Old" if it exists in previous months or if it's the first month of data.

I have a table like this:

DatePerson
15/11/2021A
13/11/2021A
12/11/2021B
10/11/2021C
20/10/2021A
15/10/2021C
10/10/2021C
15/09/2021A

Take into account that individuals may appear more than once on a month, so this is what I would like:

DatePersonColumn
15/11/2021AOld
13/11/2021AOld
12/11/2021BNew
10/11/2021COld
20/10/2021AOld
15/10/2021CNew
10/10/2021CNew
15/09/2021ANew

Thanks in advance!

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@actroyani ,

a new column =

var _1 = countx(filter(Table, [Person] = earlier([Person]) && [Date] < earlier([Date] ) ), [Person]) +0

return

if(_1 > 0, "Old", "New")

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@actroyani ,

a new column =

var _1 = countx(filter(Table, [Person] = earlier([Person]) && [Date] < earlier([Date] ) ), [Person]) +0

return

if(_1 > 0, "Old", "New")

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