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Anonymous
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Filter data by dates closest to today

Hello, 

 

I'd like to find the closest date to today in order to "tag" a product with its respective label. For example, I have a table of dates, set up like so:

 

Product            Date           Status

Product A        1/1/19      In production

Product A        2/1/19      Shipped

Product A        3/1/19      Delivered

Product B        7/1/19      In production

Product B        8/1/19      Shipped

Product B        9/1/19      Delivered

 

and I would like to essentially filter out all other rows that are furthest away from today, so that the output that looks similar to:

 

Product            Date           Status

Product A       3/1/19       Delivered

Product B       8/1/19       Shipped

Need Help
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Try this DAX Column:

    Closest Date = VAR LatestDate= CALCULATE(
    MAX('Table (3)'[Date]),

    FILTER('Table (3)','Table (3)'[Date] < TODAY() &&
    'Table (3)'[Product] = earlier('Table (3)'[Product])),'Table (3)'[Date])
return
if('Table (3)'[Date]=LatestDate,1,0)

    Put the Dax column in the visual level filter and filter for 1.

     

    My output:

     

     

    Let me know if this works for you.

     

    Thanks,

    Tejaswi

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    try this Steps:

     

    Add this formula in a DAX column:

    Close date to today = 
VAR LatestDate = MAXX(FILTER('Table (3)','Table (3)'[Product] = EARLIER('Table (3)'[Product])),'Table (3)'[Date])
RETURN IF('Table (3)'[Date]=LatestDate,1,0)

    Than add Date, Product and Status in the table visualuation.

    Add the new calculated to the Visual level  filter only of this table and apply filter to show like this :

     

    Let me know if this works for you.

     

    Thanks,

    Tejaswi

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      7 years ago

      Hi Anonymous,

       

      Thank you for your help! Your solution does work, but I'm looking to find the date value closest date to TODAY() and associate the corresponding "tag" to it. Your solution returns the last date catalogued per product, so it always returns the Delivered dates. Some of the products are Shipped or In Production, since those are the dates closest to TODAY(). Is there a way to show that or modify your formula to do this?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        7 years ago

        Hi Anonymous ,

         

        Try this DAX Column:

        Closest Date = VAR LatestDate= CALCULATE(
    MAX('Table (3)'[Date]),

    FILTER('Table (3)','Table (3)'[Date] < TODAY() &&
    'Table (3)'[Product] = earlier('Table (3)'[Product])),'Table (3)'[Date])
return
if('Table (3)'[Date]=LatestDate,1,0)

        Put the Dax column in the visual level filter and filter for 1.

         

        My output:

         

         

        Let me know if this works for you.

         

        Thanks,

        Tejaswi