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Hi,
In PowerBi query editor I want to find the first value based on date and name.
This is what I have:
| Date | Employee | Hours | Sick |
| 1-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 2-1-2024 | Dave | 6 | 1 |
| 3-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 4-1-2024 | Dave | 4 | 1 |
| 5-1-2024 | Dave | 3 | 0 |
| 6-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 7-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 8-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 9-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 10-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 11-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 12-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 13-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 14-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 15-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 16-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 17-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 18-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 19-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 20-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 21-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 |
| 22-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 |
| 23-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 |
| 24-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 |
| 25-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 |
| 26-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 27-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 28-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 29-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 30-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 31-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 1-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 2-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 3-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 4-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 5-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 6-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 7-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 8-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 9-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
| 10-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 11-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 12-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 |
| 13-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 |
And this is what I want:
| Date | Employee | Hours | Sick | First_sick | Sick_hours | Working_hours |
| 1-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2-1-2024 | Dave | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 3-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 4-1-2024 | Dave | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5-1-2024 | Dave | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 7-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 8-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 9-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 10-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 11-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 12-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 13-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 14-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 15-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 16-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 17-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 18-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 19-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 20-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 21-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 22-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 23-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 24-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 25-1-2024 | Caroline | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 26-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 27-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 28-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 29-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 30-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 31-1-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 3-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 4-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 5-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 6-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 7-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 8-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 9-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 10-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 11-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 12-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 13-2-2024 | Dave | 8 | 0 | 8 |
So the first time an employee is sick after a working day, then a column with 'First_sick'.
Someone else has a solution?
Hi @Tinus1905 ,
You can try using:- =
if [Sick] = 1 and ([Employee] <> #"Shifted Row"[Employee] or #"Shifted Row"[Sick] = 0) then [Hours] else null
and for Sick hours:-
= if [First_sick] <> null then [First_sick] else null
and for working hours.
= if [First_sick] = null then [Hours] else null
This should give you the appropriate columns.
Thank you
@grazitti_sapna when I use if [Sick] = 1 and ([Employee] <> #"Shifted Row"[Employee] or #"Shifted Row"[Sick] = 0) then [Hours] else null in a custom column, I get the same results as column "Hours".
The result must be:
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