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Hi,
I have data that has timestamp in sigle row. I want to calculate the difference (in seconds or minuites) between two timestamps and need to show in another column or measure. Can anyone please help. Below is the screenshot of data.
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Hi @tameemyousaf ,
Check the formula.
Column =
var lasttime = CALCULATE(MAX('Table'[timestamp]),FILTER('Table','Table'[timestamp]<EARLIER('Table'[timestamp])))
return
IF(ISBLANK(lasttime),BLANK(),DATEDIFF(lasttime,'Table'[timestamp],MINUTE))
Best Regards,
Jay
Hi @tameemyousaf ,
Check the formula.
Column =
var lasttime = CALCULATE(MAX('Table'[timestamp]),FILTER('Table','Table'[timestamp]<EARLIER('Table'[timestamp])))
return
IF(ISBLANK(lasttime),BLANK(),DATEDIFF(lasttime,'Table'[timestamp],MINUTE))
Best Regards,
Jay
@tameemyousaf
Can you explain with an example based on your sample data?
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@tameemyousaf
You can add the following New Column to your table to get the time difference in seconds.
Difference =
var __datetime = Table20[Date] + Table20[Time]
var __predatetime =
MAXX(
FILTER(
ADDCOLUMNS(
Table20,
"@DateTime",
Table20[Date] + Table20[Time]
),
[@DateTime] < __datetime
),
[@DateTime]
)
return
DATEDIFF( __predatetime,__datetime,SECOND )
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@Fowmy Thanks for your reply. I have only one timestamp column. In this case what will be the value of _dateTime variable.
@tameemyousaf
This should work:
Difference =
var __datetime = Table20[DateTime]
var __predatetime =
MAXX(
FILTER(
ALL(Table20[DateTime]),
Table20[DateTime] < __datetime
),
Table20[DateTime]
)
return
DATEDIFF( __predatetime,__datetime,SECOND )
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you can try this
Column =
VAR last=MAXX(FILTER('Table','Table'[Timestamp]<EARLIER('Table'[Timestamp])),'Table'[Timestamp])
return if(ISBLANK(last),0,round(('Table'[Timestamp]-last)*3600*24,0))
pls see the attachment below
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