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Power Query - max date by product

Hi,

 

I need help with PowerQuery - thanks in advance.

 

I have a table below:

 

I need to create a Custom Column in PowerQuery showing Max Date per Product.  

 

Result in same table:

 

 

Thanks.

 

  • Hi mb0307 

    To add a column like this, I would typically do a self-join (on the Product column in this case) and aggregate to get the max date.

     

    Sample M code (last 2 steps are the important ones):

     

     

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUTLUt9Q3MjAyVIrVwSFgjC5ggixgBNJiqA9EBIWM8QrFAgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Product = _t, Date = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Product", Int64.Type}, {"Date", type date}}),
        #"Merge with Self" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Changed Type", {"Product"}, #"Changed Type", {"Product"}, "JoinOnProduct", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
        #"Aggregate Max Date" = Table.AggregateTableColumn(#"Merge with Self", "JoinOnProduct", {{"Date", List.Max, "Max Date per Product", type date}})
    in
        #"Aggregate Max Date"

     

    Regards

    Owen

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  • Hi mb0307 

    To add a column like this, I would typically do a self-join (on the Product column in this case) and aggregate to get the max date.

     

    Sample M code (last 2 steps are the important ones):

     

     

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUTLUt9Q3MjAyVIrVwSFgjC5ggixgBNJiqA9EBIWM8QrFAgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Product = _t, Date = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Product", Int64.Type}, {"Date", type date}}),
        #"Merge with Self" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Changed Type", {"Product"}, #"Changed Type", {"Product"}, "JoinOnProduct", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
        #"Aggregate Max Date" = Table.AggregateTableColumn(#"Merge with Self", "JoinOnProduct", {{"Date", List.Max, "Max Date per Product", type date}})
    in
        #"Aggregate Max Date"

     

    Regards

    Owen