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agd50
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Helper V

Date Table with Fortnight error (M Language - Power Query)

Could someone assist me to finish a M language date table to add fortnight. TIA

Here's what I have so far:

 

let
StartDate = #date(StartYear,1,1),
EndDate = #date(EndYear,12,31),
NumberOfDays = Duration.Days( EndDate - StartDate ),
Dates = List.Dates(StartDate, NumberOfDays+1, #duration(1,0,0,0)),
#"Converted to Table" = Table.FromList(Dates, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Converted to Table",{{"Column1", "FullDateAlternateKey"}}),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"FullDateAlternateKey", type date}}),
#"Inserted Year" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Year", each Date.Year([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Month" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Year", "Month", each Date.Month([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Month Name" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Month", "Month Name", each Date.MonthName([FullDateAlternateKey]), type text),
#"Inserted Quarter" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Month Name", "Quarter", each Date.QuarterOfYear([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Fortnight" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Fortnight", "Fortnight", each Date.StartOfFortnight([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Week of Year" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Quarter", "Week of Year", each Date.WeekOfYear([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Week of Month" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Week of Year", "Week of Month", each Date.WeekOfMonth([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Day" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Week of Month", "Day", each Date.Day([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Day of Week" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Day", "Day of Week", each Date.DayOfWeek([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Day of Year" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Day of Week", "Day of Year", each Date.DayOfYear([FullDateAlternateKey]), type number),
#"Inserted Day Name" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Day of Year", "Day Name", each Date.DayOfWeekName([FullDateAlternateKey]), type text),
#"Renamed Columns1" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Inserted Day Name",{{"FullDateAlternateKey", "Date"}})

in
#"Renamed Columns1"

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@agd50 , Create two columns like

 

You can use second argument to change the start of week day

 

#"Inserted Week Start date"
Week Start Date = Date.StartOfWeek([Date])

 

//Previous step table name used in List.Min

#"Inserted Fortnight"
=
let
_min = List.Min(#"Inserted Week Start date"[Week Start Date])
_quotient= Number.IntegerDivide(Duration.Days([Week Start Date]-_min),14)
_date = Date.AddDays(_min, _quotient*14)
in
_date

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@agd50 , Create two columns like

 

You can use second argument to change the start of week day

 

#"Inserted Week Start date"
Week Start Date = Date.StartOfWeek([Date])

 

//Previous step table name used in List.Min

#"Inserted Fortnight"
=
let
_min = List.Min(#"Inserted Week Start date"[Week Start Date])
_quotient= Number.IntegerDivide(Duration.Days([Week Start Date]-_min),14)
_date = Date.AddDays(_min, _quotient*14)
in
_date

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