Continuous Formula

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Is there a formula I can use that can be a continuous if then statement without having to write it all out?

So far this is my formula for Jan 1,2014:

if(Query1[date opened]="01/01/2014",1,0)

Is there a way to say:

if(Query1[date opened]="01/01/2014",1,if(Query1[date opened]="01/02/2014",2, if(Query1[date opened]="01/03/2014",3,...)

but to have it condensed?

I am trying to do this because I need to label all dates from 2014 to present, and it would be helpful if there was a quick way to do this...

Thank you!
Sarah

[v-lili6-msft · Accepted solution]

hi  @Anonymous 

The simple way is use RANKX Function to create a calculate column

Column=RANKX('Date',[Date],,ASC)

and here is sample pbix file, please try it.

Regards,

Lin

[Anonymous]

thank you so so much!
Sarah

[Greg_Deckler]

And maybe this will help:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Sequential/m-p/380231#M116

[Greg_Deckler]

Maybe just DAY([date opened]) ?

[Anonymous]

@Greg_Deckler  this is great! but how do i show it over the years? so 1/1/2014 would be 1, but 1/1/2015 would be 366, 1/1/2016 would be 732 (bc of leap year)

[Greg_Deckler]

Right, that was the purpose of Sequential, to give a sequential number that spanned years. I think I did it based on weeks and not days but should be relatively easy to modify for days. You may have to scroll through the entire thread because I think there were some bug fixes. I have the official version in my book which I believe had all of the bug fixes and other improvements that I came up with. Let me know if you need some help modifying it. I can probably find some time to go grab my latest code from my book and modify it for day instead of week.