Dynamic text field based on current date

[saipawar]

Hi, 

I want to display "currently you are in <Phase 1>, 22 days to go for the event"

- Currently means today's date

- <Phase 1> will be picked from a lookup up below

- countdown wrt to Phase 3 date

Phase	Date
Phase 1	Monday, June 12,2023
Phase 2	Tuesday, August 1,2023
Phase 3	Tuesday, October 17, 2023

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @saipawar ,

Thanks for the reply from @PhilipTreacy , like he said, I do not quite understand your needs, I can only do what I can to help you.

Based on the table you provided, I am not sure why today is part of phase 1 and why it is 22 days.

My understanding is this:

First determine the phase you currently belong to based on today is date, then calculate the number of days between today and Phase 3.

If today is date is earlier than Phase 1 then it belongs to Phase 1, if today is date is earlier than Phase 2 then it belongs to Phase 2, if today is date is earlier than Phase 3 then it belongs to Phase 3.

I modified the example data as follows:

Phase	Date
Phase 1	6/12/2024
Phase 2	8/1/2024
Phase 3	10/17/2024

First, create a measure to calculate the phase to which the current date belongs:

Current Phase =
VAR TodayDate =
    TODAY ()
RETURN
    IF (
        TodayDate
            < CALCULATE (
                MAX ( 'Phases'[Date] ),
                FILTER ( 'Phases', 'Phases'[Phase] = "Phase 1" )
            ),
        "Phase 1",
        IF (
            TodayDate
                < CALCULATE (
                    MAX ( 'Phases'[Date] ),
                    FILTER ( 'Phases', 'Phases'[Phase] = "Phase 2" )
                ),
            "Phase 2",
            "Phase 3"
        )
    )

Next, calculate the date interval between today and the Phase 3 date:

Countdown to Phase 3 =
VAR Phase3Date =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( 'Phases'[Date] ),
        FILTER ( 'Phases', 'Phases'[Phase] = "Phase 3" )
    )
RETURN
    DATEDIFF ( TODAY (), Phase3Date, DAY )

Then, apply dynamic text formatting, which will change dynamically based on today is date:

Dynamic Text =
"Currently, you are in " & [Current Phase] & ", "
    & ABS ( [Countdown to Phase 3] ) & " days to go for the event."

Finally, the Dynamic Text is dragged to the card visual object for display, and the page visualization looks like the following:

The pbix file is attached.

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team

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If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

[PhilipTreacy]

Hi @saipawar 

Your request is too vague.

How do we know what phase has been seelcted?

Where do you want this information displayed?  In a card visual?

If the countodwn is wrt to the Phase3 date, and you are in Phase 1, based on your table, there would be more than 22 days to go.

Please provide more information and answers to the above.

Regards

Phil