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Creating a new row with IF query in DAX
Hi Anonymous
1. In Query Editor go to Transform > New Query > New Source > Blank Query,
2. Go to advanced editor and paste the code and rename the Query1 to ExpandMonths.
3. When in your staff data table go to Add Column > General > Invoke Custom Function.
4. Make sure you set everything as on the screenshot below.5. this will add new column "ExpandMonths", all you need to do now is click the two arrows an select expand to new rows.
Best Regards,
Mariusz
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I've just given an example set of data. Once I know how to treat two tables I'm sure I can work out how to treat three.
Community ChampionYou can link the tables on Employee Number in Relationship View.
Create a Measure to ensure the employees with no leave still show up
Emp leave = SUM(EmployeeLeave[Annual Leave]) + 0
Then pull the relevant fields on to a table visualisation
Thanks but that's not what I'm looking for. I need to create a date-based table that logs all activity against the individual. The key is to have every staff member represented against every month they are active (time beween employee start date and employee end date).
- HotChilli
Yes, that did go through my mind but the sample data doesn't seem to fit that requirement e.g. Janet Bloggs has leave in June and July 19 but has left in April 2018
Sorry, that was a mistake. It's not easy to give a complete dataset to work with as I would need to anonymise everything.
- Mariusz
Hi Anonymous
The below M function can be used as invoke custom function on the staff data table, this will expand the table including every month of employment, after you will need to merge with the second table on employee number and month
(#"Start Date" as date, optional #"End Date" as date ) => let enddate = if #"End Date" = null then DateTime.Date( DateTime.LocalNow() ) else #"End Date", days = Duration.Days( enddate - #"Start Date" ), listDates = List.Dates( #"Start Date", days, #duration( 1, 0, 0, 0 ) ), firstDates = List.Select( listDates, each Date.Day( _ ) = 1 ), monthYear = List.Transform( firstDates, each Text.Start( Date.MonthName( _ ), 3 ) & "- " & Text.End( Number.ToText( Date.Year( _ ) ), 2 ) ) in monthYearBest Regards,
Mariusz
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Please feel free to connect with me.That looks perfect but I've never used M before. Is there any way to do this in DAX?