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Anonymous
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Power Query - Creating a list of previous days from today's date

Hi, I'm trying to create a dynamic table in Power Query that makes a list of dates from a predetermined date to today. Currently, I have an equation that simply adds a set amount of days to a date. Is there a way for me to write a formula to do that dynamically, given today's date and a given begin date?

 

Conceptually, I want to do something like today() - date, and then insert that value into my forumla before...but I'm too inexperienced with the notation to do it.

 

Important - I need to do this in Query because I am merging a bunch of tables before loading the table.

 

Example Below:

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AlB
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HIi @Anonymous 

 

List.Dates(#date(2019,10,01),Number.From(Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow())-#date(2019,10,01))+1,#duration(1,0,0,0))

 

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AlB
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HIi @Anonymous 

 

List.Dates(#date(2019,10,01),Number.From(Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow())-#date(2019,10,01))+1,#duration(1,0,0,0))

 

Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving kudos if posts are helpful.

Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs, tutoring, etc.

Cheers 

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Anonymous
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@AlB perfect, thank you.

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