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anupampandey
Helper III
9 years ago
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Month MAX record

Hi,   I need to get the date on which MAX transaction happened during the each month. Till now I am unable to do so.  Example: Tran_DT TransactionCount 23-02-2016 24 24-02-2016 39 ...
  • MarcelBeug's avatar
    MarcelBeug
    9 years ago

    An alternative in - advanced - Power Query would be:

     

    let
        Source = TransactionTable,
        Grouped = Table.Group(Source, {"Tran_DT"}, {{"AllData", each Table.MaxN(_,"TransactionCount",1), Value.Type(Source)}},null,
        (x,y) => 
        let
            Sort1 = Value.Compare(Date.Year(x[Tran_DT]),Date.Year(y[Tran_DT])),
            Sort2 = if Sort1 <> 0 then Sort1 else Value.Compare(Date.Month(x[Tran_DT]),Date.Month(y[Tran_DT]))
        in
            Sort2),
        Removed = Table.RemoveColumns(Grouped,{"Tran_DT"}),
        Expanded = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Removed, "AllData", {"Tran_DT", "TransactionCount"}, {"Tran_DT", "TransactionCount"})
    in
        Expanded

    Basically it is "Group By" Tran_DT, but taking full advantage of Table.Group capacities;

     

     

    Syntax of Table.Group:

    Table.Group(table as table, key as any, aggregatedColumns as list, optional groupKind as nullable number, optional comparer as function) as table

    A custom comparer function is provided to group on year/month (the inner "let .. in" part).

     

    Parameter aggregatedColumns is adjusted so a table is returned with 1 record (the maximum TransactionCount) and with the same columntypes as table Source (this is the part Value.Type(Source)).

     

    Note that the column "Tran_DT" after grouping does not contain the date on which the maximum was reached, so this column is removed.

    The nested tables in column "AllData" contain exactly the information you require, so after expanding the nested tables, you have your result.