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rafavillegas
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New Custom Column in power query with the last month of data

Hello Forum!

I have this table in power query:

rafavillegas_1-1702088716643.png

 

 

And I would a conditional table to read last month with data and copy amount value in the new column, see below the answer

rafavillegas_3-1702088775167.png

 


Thank you so much in advance.



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spinfuzer
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let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMtM3MtY3MjAyVtJRMjQwMFCK1YlWstQ3tIAJmsIEzfWNTJFVwpXCBM3BYrEA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Amount = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}, {"Amount", Int64.Type}}),
    add_last_month =
        let last_month = Date.StartOfMonth(List.Max(#"Changed Type"[Date]))
        in Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Last Month Cost", each if [Date] < last_month then null else [Amount], type number)
in
    add_last_month

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spinfuzer
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let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMtM3MtY3MjAyVtJRMjQwMFCK1YlWstQ3tIAJmsIEzfWNTJFVwpXCBM3BYrEA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Amount = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}, {"Amount", Int64.Type}}),
    add_last_month =
        let last_month = Date.StartOfMonth(List.Max(#"Changed Type"[Date]))
        in Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Last Month Cost", each if [Date] < last_month then null else [Amount], type number)
in
    add_last_month
Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

Why should the answer be 5000 and 7000?  Also, why not create a calculated column formula in DAX?  Why are you trying to do this in Power Query?


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

Because I create a report with the cost to date and with the cost in the last month.

And I need it in Power query instead of DAX, because later this column has relationships with another column of other data, and with Dax doesn't work right.

Relationships are created in the Data model (not in Power Query) so we can create a calculated column formula.  I still do not understand how you arived at 5000 and 7000 in column 3.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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