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slounsbury
Helper II
Helper II

Display Absolute Value Of DATEDIFF Column

I have a column that has the difference in time but some of the values are reading as the correct number just negative. Is there away to modify my query to make all numbers absolute? 

 

Query Being Used:

 

ART = DATEDIFF(v_rpt_Service_SLA[ART_ST], v_rpt_Service_SLA[Date_Responded_UTC],HOUR)

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MFelix
Super User
Super User

Hi @slounsbury,

 

Just wrap your measure with ABS formula:

 

ART =
ABS (
    DATEDIFF (
        v_rpt_Service_SLA[ART_ST],
        v_rpt_Service_SLA[Date_Responded_UTC],
        HOUR
    )
)

 

Regards,

MFelix


Regards

Miguel Félix


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MFelix
Super User
Super User

Hi @slounsbury,

 

Just wrap your measure with ABS formula:

 

ART =
ABS (
    DATEDIFF (
        v_rpt_Service_SLA[ART_ST],
        v_rpt_Service_SLA[Date_Responded_UTC],
        HOUR
    )
)

 

Regards,

MFelix


Regards

Miguel Félix


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Super User!

Check out my blog: Power BI em Português



Thank you! This did the trick.

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