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third_hicana
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Get the next latest Date after the Max Date in Power Query

Hi. Asking for you help how can I create a custom column in power query where it will get the next latest date after the max date in a Date column. For example, in the column below the max date is 17/04/2024 then the next latest date is 27/03/2024. I want to get the 27/03/2024 in a created column. 

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Thank you very much for your help.

 

-Third

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bhanu_gautam
Super User
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@third_hicana ,Go to the Add Column tab.
Click on Custom Column.
Use the following formula to get the next latest date:

let
    // Load your data
    Source = YourDataSource,
   
    // Sort the date column in descending order
    SortedTable = Table.Sort(Source,{{"Date", Order.Descending}}),
   
    // Add an index column
    IndexedTable = Table.AddIndexColumn(SortedTable, "Index", 1, 1, Int64.Type),
   
    // Get the max date
    MaxDate = List.Max(IndexedTable[Date]),
   
    // Filter out the max date
    FilteredTable = Table.SelectRows(IndexedTable, each [Date] <> MaxDate),
   
    // Get the next latest date
    NextLatestDate = FilteredTable{0}[Date],
   
    // Add a custom column with the next latest date
    AddedCustomColumn = Table.AddColumn(IndexedTable, "NextLatestDate", each if [Date] = MaxDate then NextLatestDate else null)
in
    AddedCustomColumn



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third_hicana
Helper IV
Helper IV

@bhanu_gautam  Than you very much for your help.

bhanu_gautam
Super User
Super User

@third_hicana ,Go to the Add Column tab.
Click on Custom Column.
Use the following formula to get the next latest date:

let
    // Load your data
    Source = YourDataSource,
   
    // Sort the date column in descending order
    SortedTable = Table.Sort(Source,{{"Date", Order.Descending}}),
   
    // Add an index column
    IndexedTable = Table.AddIndexColumn(SortedTable, "Index", 1, 1, Int64.Type),
   
    // Get the max date
    MaxDate = List.Max(IndexedTable[Date]),
   
    // Filter out the max date
    FilteredTable = Table.SelectRows(IndexedTable, each [Date] <> MaxDate),
   
    // Get the next latest date
    NextLatestDate = FilteredTable{0}[Date],
   
    // Add a custom column with the next latest date
    AddedCustomColumn = Table.AddColumn(IndexedTable, "NextLatestDate", each if [Date] = MaxDate then NextLatestDate else null)
in
    AddedCustomColumn



Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! And Kudos are appreciated

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