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SandeA
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Helper III

Converting 01/01/1900 date to a blank field

When a file from a 3rd party was used to create a SQL database, if there was a blank field in one of the date columns, SQL populated the field as 01/01/1900 (my DBA said that is how SQL works). He said he could bring them in as NULLs but I think that would be just as bad.

I'm wanting to create a calculated column where: if the Invoice_Date is 01/01/1900, then put a 0 or blank, otherwise, put the Invoice_date. I've tried using different IF statements with BLANK() and such, but just can't get it right. Is this even possible? 

 

Thank you in advance!

Sande

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parry2k
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@SandeA if you are adding a column using DAX then do the following:

 

New Date = IF ( Table[Date] = DATE ( 1900, 1, 1 ), BLANK(), Table[Date] )

 

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parry2k
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Totally agree with @AlexisOlson . Great point. I would have brought null from the SQL and not worry about adding a new column.

 

 



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AlexisOlson
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A NULL in SQL is roughly equivalent to a BLANK() in DAX, so I'm not sure why bringing in NULLs would be "just as bad".

parry2k
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@SandeA if you are adding a column using DAX then do the following:

 

New Date = IF ( Table[Date] = DATE ( 1900, 1, 1 ), BLANK(), Table[Date] )

 

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