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Elder22
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DATEDIFF help

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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vanessafvg
Community Champion
Community Champion

@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
)

 

 

 





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vanessafvg
Community Champion
Community Champion

@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
)

 

 

 





If I took the time to answer your question and I came up with a solution, please mark my post as a solution and /or give kudos freely for the effort 🙂 Thank you!

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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