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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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Help with Measure

Hi, I need help from you guys for calculating the difference between two time stamps , below is as example of the exact output that I need. Appreciate your help !   ID Time Received Action ...
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  • erik_tarnvik's avatar
    erik_tarnvik
    8 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

    glad it worked out for you. For formatting the result, you may find these additional measures useful:

    DiffMinutes = QUOTIENT([Diff], 60)

DiffSeconds = [Diff] - [DiffMinutes] * 60

DiffMinSec = [DiffMinutes] & "." & FORMAT([DiffSeconds],"00")

    If all you need is the [DiffMinSec] you can fold it together as:

    DiffMinSec = QUOTIENT([Diff], 60) & "." & FORMAT([Diff] - QUOTIENT([Diff], 60) * 60,"00")
Zubair_Muhammad's avatar
Zubair_Muhammad
Community Champion
8 years ago

Hi Anonymous

 

Add this calculated Column

 

=
VAR Previoustime =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( Table1, Table1[Time Received] < EARLIER ( Table1[Time Received] ) ),
        Table1[Time Received]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        Table1[Action] = "Out",
        DATEDIFF ( Previoustime, Table1[Time Received], MINUTE )
    )
erik_tarnvik's avatar
erik_tarnvik
Solution Specialist
8 years ago

Good solution from Zubair_Muhammad. You may want to check the Action in the filter condition in case times can overlap. Like this:

=
VAR Previoustime =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( Table1, Table1[Time Received] < EARLIER ( Table1[Time Received] ) &&
                         Table1[Action] = "In"),
        Table1[Time Received]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        Table1[Action] = "Out",
        DATEDIFF ( Previoustime, Table1[Time Received], MINUTE )
    )

You can also define the same as a measure. It would need to be executed in a filter context where Table1[Time Received] has only one value. It would go something like this:

Diff = DATEDIFF(Calculate(MAX(Table1[Time Received]), 
                          FILTER(ALL(Table1), 
                                 Table1[Action] = "In" && 
                                 Table1[Time Received] <= MAX('Time'[Time Received]))), 
                MAX('Time'[Time Received]), 
                MINUTE)