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anaib
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Create FY-Month column label based on "Date" column

Hello,

I have a date column of cloud spend.  I need to present the cost based on Fiscal Year format, i.e., FY24-May-24.  Here is the magic decorder ring for the label breakdown:  Please note the Fiscal Year runs from July to June.

 

Can you please help me with how to accomplish this?

 

MonthLabel
Jul-23FY24-Jul-23
Aug-23FY24-Aug-23
Sep-23FY24-Sep-23
Oct-23FY24-Oct-23
Nov-23FY24-Nov-23
Dec-23FY24-Dec-23
Jan-24FY24-Jan-24
Feb-24FY24-Feb-24
Mar-24FY24-Mar-24
Apr-24FY24-Apr-24
May-24FY24-May-24
Jun-24FY24-Jun-24
Jul-24FY25-Jul-24
Aug-24FY25-Aug-24
Sep-24FY25-Sep-24
Oct-24FY25-Oct-24
Nov-24FY25-Nov-24
Dec-24FY25-Dec-24
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@anaib 

i think you need to create that column by using DAX, not in the power query.

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if you want to do that in PQ, you can try this

 

=if List.Contains({"Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"} ,Text.Start([Month],3)) then "FY"&Text.From(Number.From( Text.End([Month],2))+1)&"-"&[Month] else "FY"&Text.End([Month],2)&"-"&[Month]

 

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Ashish_Mathur
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Hi,

Share the Date and spend columns.  Share data in a format that can be pasted in an MS Excel file.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

Hi @Ashish_Mathur  here is the sample dataset.

 

Sampledata.xlsx

The file does not open - there is no download option

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Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

Hi,

In another worksheet of the same file, show the expected result.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

Added a "Suggestion1" worksheet.  Kindly take a look.

anaib
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Hi @rajendraongole1 TYVM for the assistance.  I am running into the "Token Eof expected." error.  I must be doing something wrong?

 

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@anaib 

i think you need to create that column by using DAX, not in the power query.

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if you want to do that in PQ, you can try this

 

=if List.Contains({"Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"} ,Text.Start([Month],3)) then "FY"&Text.From(Number.From( Text.End([Month],2))+1)&"-"&[Month] else "FY"&Text.End([Month],2)&"-"&[Month]

 

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Thank you @ryan_mayu @rajendraongole1 

The DAX method worked fine.  However the columns are not sorted properly.  Can you please help?

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It should be FYxx-Mon-Yr but I see FY24-Apr-24 is listed before FY24-Feb-24 and so forth.

@anaib 

you can try to create a sort column

sort =
var _month=SWITCH(mid('Table'[Label],6,3),"Jan",1,"Feb",2,"Mar",3,"Apr",4,"May",5,"Jun",6,"Jul",7,"Aug",8,"Sep",9,"Oct",10,"Nov",11,"Dec",12)
return "20"&mid('Table'[Label],3,2)*100+_month
 
and select lable column then sort by sort column
 
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@ryan_mayu tyvm for the suggestion.  I am getting this error when sorting.  My sort column is called "FY-Sort", my label column is called "FY-Month" (pls note, this is also a calculated column).

 

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then you modify the data from your original column

 

 

sort =
var _month=SWITCH(left('Table'[Month],3),"Jan",1,"Feb",2,"Mar",3,"Apr",4,"May",5,"Jun",6,"Jul",7,"Aug",8,"Sep",9,"Oct",10,"Nov",11,"Dec",12)
return "20"&right('Table'[Month],2)*100+_month
 
 
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and set the sort column data type to whole number
 
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at last sort the month column by sort column




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rajendraongole1
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Hi @anaib - create a calculated column with fiscal year label as below

FY-Month =
VAR MonthNumber = MONTH([Date])
VAR YearNumber = YEAR([Date])
VAR FiscalYear = IF(MonthNumber >= 7, YearNumber + 1, YearNumber)
VAR ShortYear = RIGHT(FiscalYear, 2)
VAR MonthName = FORMAT([Date], "MMM")
VAR ShortYearLabel = FORMAT([Date], "yy")
RETURN "FY" & ShortYear & "-" & MonthName & "-" & ShortYearLabel
 
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Hope it works

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