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Junaid11
Helper V
Helper V

Create custom column based on two columns

Hello,
I have 3 columns namely Date, ID, and Week Number. Week number column is calculated based on date column I have. I want to create a custom column in power query based on comparing id from previous week. 


I want to have an column by comparing week and id, if it is id first week then it should say "Start", If the id was in previous week I mean if it is in consecutive second week then it should say "Yes" but if that id was not in previous week then it should show "Not in previous week". We are talking about consecutive weeks here. If an ID was in 1 not in week 2 and then come back in week 3 it would be considered as "Yes"

Below is my Table:

DateIDWeek Number
3-Jul-23ABC27
3-Jul-23DEF27
3-Jul-23GHI27
10-Jul-23ABC28
10-Jul-23GHI28
17-Jul-23ABC29
17-Jul-23DEF29
17-Jul-23GHI29
17-Jul-23JKL29


Below is the outcome I am looking to have:

DateIDWeek NumberOutcome
3-Jul-23ABC27Start
3-Jul-23DEF27Start
3-Jul-23GHI27Start
10-Jul-23ABC28Yes
10-Jul-23GHI28Yes
17-Jul-23ABC29Yes
17-Jul-23DEF29Yes
17-Jul-23GHI29Yes
17-Jul-23JKL29Not in Previous Week

 

Your help would be highly appreciated.
Thank you

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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

@Junaid11 

Not sure how to do it in PowerQuery but you could do it with a calculated column.  If I understand correctly then your example is off a bit. 
JKL on Jul-17 should be "Start", it is the first time that ID appears.
DEF on Jul-17 should be "Not in previous week" since it starts on Week 27 and is not in Week 28.

Outcome = 
VAR _First = CALCULATE ( MIN ( 'Table'[Week Number] ), ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table','Table'[ID] ) )
VAR _Prior = CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Table'[Week Number] ), ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[ID] ), 'Table'[Week Number] < EARLIER('Table'[Week Number] ) )
RETURN 
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    'Table'[Week Number] = _First, "Start",
    'Table'[Week Number] - 1 = _Prior, "Yes",
    "Not in previous week"
)

jdbuchanan71_0-1690682358502.png

 

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v-cgao-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Junaid11 ,

 

Steps:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMtb1Ks3RNTJW0lFydHIGkkbmSrE6KOIurm5Yxd09PBHihgYYBllgSEB1QCXMMXRYYkhA7caUgBqFKeHl7QOViAUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, ID = _t, #"Week Number" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}, {"ID", type text}, {"Week Number", Int64.Type}}),
    SortedData = Table.Sort(#"Changed Type",{{"Week Number", Order.Ascending}, {"ID", Order.Ascending}}),
    GroupedData = Table.Group(SortedData, {"ID"}, {{"Data", each _, type table}}),
    AddCustomColumn = Table.AddColumn(GroupedData, "Outcome", each let
        IDData = [Data],
        AddIndex = Table.AddIndexColumn(IDData, "Index", 0, 1),
        CustomOutcome = Table.AddColumn(AddIndex, "Outcome", each if [Index] = 0 then "Start" else let
            CurrentWeek = [Week Number],
            PreviousRow = AddIndex{[Index] - 1},
            PreviousWeek = PreviousRow[Week Number]
        in
            if CurrentWeek - PreviousWeek <= 1 then "Yes" else "Not in Previous Week"),
        RemoveIndex = Table.RemoveColumns(CustomOutcome,{"Index"})
    in
        RemoveIndex),
    ExpandedData = Table.ExpandTableColumn(AddCustomColumn, "Outcome", {"Date", "Week Number", "Outcome"}, {"Date", "Week Number", "Outcome.1"}),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(ExpandedData,{"Data"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

Output:

vcgaomsft_0-1690767417072.png

Best Regards,
Gao

Community Support Team

 

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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

@Junaid11 

Not sure how to do it in PowerQuery but you could do it with a calculated column.  If I understand correctly then your example is off a bit. 
JKL on Jul-17 should be "Start", it is the first time that ID appears.
DEF on Jul-17 should be "Not in previous week" since it starts on Week 27 and is not in Week 28.

Outcome = 
VAR _First = CALCULATE ( MIN ( 'Table'[Week Number] ), ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table','Table'[ID] ) )
VAR _Prior = CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Table'[Week Number] ), ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[ID] ), 'Table'[Week Number] < EARLIER('Table'[Week Number] ) )
RETURN 
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    'Table'[Week Number] = _First, "Start",
    'Table'[Week Number] - 1 = _Prior, "Yes",
    "Not in previous week"
)

jdbuchanan71_0-1690682358502.png

 

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