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Creating multiple date tables in one table
Hey guys,
I have this certain thing I'm trying to create, but I lack the skills for it. It's hard to exlain in the title, so Ill try to be as clear as possible with my data below:
My input data looks like this:
Phase is just a code for a project. Start and end mark the start and end date of said phase.
What I'm trying to achieve is a date table that looks like this, where a row is created for each day between the start and end per phase. So for phase A I'd have 356 rows created for each day of the year, and after that it goes on to phase B where it creates a row for each day between 1-5-2019 and 31-12-2019, etc.
I recently learned how to create a date table, but this phase thing adds an element that is beyond my skill level. I hope some someone knows how to achieve this, because it will help me a lot!
Thanks!
Hi , Anonymous
Click New source ->create a blank query->advanced Editor
Then paste following M code:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTLUN9Q3MjC0BDGN9I2hnFidaCUnoJAppqyRAVjWGbteqKwLUMhc38gIJm2qb2SJkHXFK+uGJovmLHe8mj3wynrilfXCK+uNWzYWAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Phase = _t, start = _t, end = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Phase", type text}, {"start", type date}, {"end", type date}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Duration.TotalDays(Date.StartOfDay([end])-Date.StartOfDay([start]))), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom.1", each List.Generate(()=>[Custom], each _ >= 0, each _ - 1)), #"Expanded Custom.1" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom.1"), #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Custom.1", "Date", each if [Custom.1]=[Custom] then [start] else Date.AddDays(Date.StartOfDay([start]),[Custom]-[Custom.1])), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"start", "end", "Custom", "Custom.1"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Removed Columns",{{"Date", type date}}), #"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Changed Type1",{{"Phase", Order.Ascending}, {"Date", Order.Ascending}}) in #"Sorted Rows"For more detail, please double click the step in "APPLIED STEPS".
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
3 Replies
- v-easonf-msftCommunity Support
Hi , Anonymous
Click New source ->create a blank query->advanced Editor
Then paste following M code:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTLUN9Q3MjC0BDGN9I2hnFidaCUnoJAppqyRAVjWGbteqKwLUMhc38gIJm2qb2SJkHXFK+uGJovmLHe8mj3wynrilfXCK+uNWzYWAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Phase = _t, start = _t, end = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Phase", type text}, {"start", type date}, {"end", type date}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Duration.TotalDays(Date.StartOfDay([end])-Date.StartOfDay([start]))), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom.1", each List.Generate(()=>[Custom], each _ >= 0, each _ - 1)), #"Expanded Custom.1" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom.1"), #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Custom.1", "Date", each if [Custom.1]=[Custom] then [start] else Date.AddDays(Date.StartOfDay([start]),[Custom]-[Custom.1])), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"start", "end", "Custom", "Custom.1"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Removed Columns",{{"Date", type date}}), #"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Changed Type1",{{"Phase", Order.Ascending}, {"Date", Order.Ascending}}) in #"Sorted Rows"For more detail, please double click the step in "APPLIED STEPS".
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.- AnonymousNot applicable
Brilliant! it took a bit of fiddling with the advanced editor to adjust the source data, but it seems to work perfectly now.
Thanks!
- amitchandakSuper User
Anonymous ,
see if one of these two can help
Or Open Pbix
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bqbei7b8qbq5xez/leavebetweendates.pbix?dl=0