IF date is blank, pull date from different table

[megg8]

i have 2 tables with target closure dates. 

I'm trying to write a DAX/formula IF statement that will go "if [tableA] target closure date is blank, populate with [tableB] target closure date, else [tableA] target closure date. 

I tried the below, but kept getting "Expressions that yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns."

true target close date = IF(ISBLANK('TableA'[Target Closure Date]), CALCULATE(MAX(TableB[Target Closure Date])), 'TableA'[Target Closure Date])

Not sure what to do

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply from @vicky_ , please allow me to provide another insight:

Hi  @megg8 ,

You can try formula like below and create calculated column in tableA:

True Target Close Date =
IF (
    ISBLANK ( 'TableA'[Target Closure Date] ),
    MAXX ( 'TableB', 'TableB'[Target Closure Date] ),
    'TableA'[Target Closure Date]
)

Best Regards,
Adamk Kong

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[vicky_]

Is the data type the same? i.e both Table A closure date and Table B closure date are actually date type (and one of them isn't a number / string)... Otherwise, the issue might be that your column name starts with True, which might be a reserved word (i don't know for sure, because i can't find the docs for this)

[megg8]

that was the problem, one of my dates had a data type of text. 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @megg8 ,

If it's a date field, then just change it from text type to date type and then try the formula as above to see if it works?

Best Regards,
Adamk Kong

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