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Hello,
I am trying to write an IF statement to capture the following dates. I have and excel spreadsheet withs millions of records. For one of the columns in my spreadsheet, I want to create a new column to capture all DT_SCHED (date field) prior to June 1, 2017 and return a "Delivery Date of June 1st" and if the DT_SCHED date is greater than June 1st but less than December 31st, I want my IF statement to return "December 1st" delivery date.
Could anyone help me figure this out? I don't have the Power Query Add-In to do a conditional lookup but have attached a screenshot with my first attempt but apparently the formula is VERY WRONG 🙂
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Try this code:
= if [DT_SCHED] < #date(2017,6,1) then "DELIVERY DATE JUNE 1ST" else if [DT_SCHED] < #date(2017,12,31) then "DELIVERY DATE DECEMBER 1ST" else null
PQ is case sensitive and if...then...else is all lower case, just like null.
Also mind your boundaries: in your information, June 1st is undefined; in the code above it returns December 1.
Likewise, December 31, 2017 will return null, according to the specifications provided.
How can you have millions of rows in Excel? As far as I know, Excel has a maximum of 1,048,576 rows
I found this video , it is more easier than writing a code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ4RNJiVurI&t=4s
Hi Guys, I need to write this in Power query (powerbi) -> can someone help?
=IF(LEN(sellbydate)>1,IF(sellbydate<=(2024,10,31),"save","del"),"del")
Hi,
Please I need help with a formula if I have a cheque date and a current date what formula will I use for the following conditions:
Why this code not run? Is it good?
if ([DÍAS DE VACACIONES PENDIENTES]) > 1 then "1" else Null
Thanks a lot
Why this code not run?
= Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "PENDIENTES DE GOCE", each if ([DÍAS DE VACACIONES PENDIENTES]) > 1 then "1" else Null)
Thanks a lot
Try this code:
= if [DT_SCHED] < #date(2017,6,1) then "DELIVERY DATE JUNE 1ST" else if [DT_SCHED] < #date(2017,12,31) then "DELIVERY DATE DECEMBER 1ST" else null
PQ is case sensitive and if...then...else is all lower case, just like null.
Also mind your boundaries: in your information, June 1st is undefined; in the code above it returns December 1.
Likewise, December 31, 2017 will return null, according to the specifications provided.
How can you have millions of rows in Excel? As far as I know, Excel has a maximum of 1,048,576 rows
Hello, how can I use the IF function to return the value of column X if date in Column X is greater than Column Y, and if it's not greater for it to return the value of Column Y.
Thanks,
I signed up purely to give you kudos for this bit:
@MarcelBeug wrote:PQ is case sensitive and if...then...else is all lower case, just like null.
My logic was right but turns out I had capitalised the THEN statement which threw an unexpected tag error.
I miss spoke Marcel. It's the database that has millions of queries and that's where am going in to filter by date range. You filter worked perfectly. THANK YOU, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!
Perhaps the millions of rows are in Power Pivot??
In anycase, if you have millions of rows, perhaps it's a good time to get a database. 🙂
In the Query Editor try the Add Conditional Column feature
Add Column tab => Conditional Column button (then the code will be generated for you)
Sean,
Thanks for pointing this out. It seems like it's going to help me but how can I do an AND or an OR to combine conditions? It looks like it only accepts one rule at a time. I'm trying to do something like:
IF <condition1> AND <condition2> THEN <result> ELSE <alternate result>
I hope I don't need to resort to creating multiple conditional columns.
Thanks,
Marcos
hi , when i am trying to get two conditions using and function its throwing an error
example:
if 'table'[field] = {condition1} or 'table'[field] = {condition2} then {output1} else {output2}
You can replace the "or" with "and" depending on your logic. Obviously your conditions don't have to be based on "=" either.
Also you can nest ifs:
example:
if 'table'[field] = {condition1} then if 'table'[field] = {condition2} then {output1} else {output2} else {output3}
Thanks! My question was within the Add Column > Conditional Column section but your answer helped me within the Add Column > Custom Column 🙂
Agreed, the Syntax of your IF statement is good.
Here is a nice breakdown on the subtle differences betwen the Excel IF and the Power BI IF
http://www.excelguru.ca/blog/2014/08/27/the-if-function-in-power-query/
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