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Hi,
I have searched the forums for the problem I am having and cannot seem to find the exact problem, so hope you can help!
I am trying to work out the difference between two dates in months, so I can calculate all opportunities due to close this month, and the next two months.
I use this formula:
DateDiff = DATEDIFF(Opportunity[Close Date],TODAY(),MONTH)
However I get the error message " In DATEDIFF function, the start date cannot be greater than the end date", but I expect this - as some oportunities may be closed in the past we wll as the future. How can I solve this so opportunities can be identified in the next 3 months? Even if past opportunities were negative values, for instance.
Any help appreciated - thanks.
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@Elder22 so do you want to ignore the opportunity dates that are > than today?
if so its really quite simple, you can ignore it until its relevant
DateDiff =
IF (
TODAY () > Opportunity[Close Date],
DATEDIFF ( Opportunity[Close Date], TODAY (), MONTH ),
0
)
Proud to be a Super User!
@Elder22 so do you want to ignore the opportunity dates that are > than today?
if so its really quite simple, you can ignore it until its relevant
DateDiff =
IF (
TODAY () > Opportunity[Close Date],
DATEDIFF ( Opportunity[Close Date], TODAY (), MONTH ),
0
)
Proud to be a Super User!
Hello,
Thanks for your response - this worked fine for me, thanks very much I will mark as solved.
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