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Power Query help

Hi, I am trying to create 3 tables in Power Query, each with one value, a variable date.

 

As an example:

 

Today is the 7th October 2022

 

I'm trying to get some M code that gives me the following values autonomously regardless of the currwnt date:

- last day of the previous full month (30th September 2022 in my example)

-last day of the previous financial year (31st March 2022 in my example)

-last day of the full month in the previous full calendar year (30th September 2021 in my example).

 

It's just the dates I need as I have written DAX that uses them correctly, I'm just trying to stop having to manually type them in.

 

Many thanks.

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Thanks @amitchandak  that's amazing.

 

The third option (Year End) doesn't work for me though. I end up with a Token RightParen expected?

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@powerbiuser9999 , Try a column

Last month =

Date.EndOfMonth(Date.AddMonths(Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()), -1))

 

Last year same last month=
Date.EndOfMonth(Date.AddMonths(Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()), -13))

 

Year End=

let
var _date = Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())
in
if(Date.Month(_date)<=3, #date(Date.Year(_date) -1, 3, 31), #date(Date.Year(_date) , 3, 31))

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