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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Power query - if function with dates

I have table with two columns with dates Release date and closed date. I want to create custom column, but I don't know how i should create formula.  Basically I need 3 category 1) if relase date ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    You can add custom column with the formula as shown in below screenshot, later please adjust the conditions base on your scenario..

    =if [Release date] < #date(2020, 1, 1) then  1
      else if [Release date] > #date(2019, 12, 31) and [Release date] < #date(2021, 1, 1) then 2
      else if [closed date] < #date(2021, 1, 1) then 3
      else  0

    Best Regards

     

     

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mahoneypat
Microsoft Employee
5 years ago

You can use this formula in a custom column in the query editor

 

= if [release date] < #date(2020,1,1) then "1" else if ([release date] > #date(2019,12,31) and [release date] < #date(2020,1,1)) then "2" else if [closed date] < #date(2021,1,1) then "3" else "other"

 

Note your #2 condition seems off, so you can adjust as needed.

 

Regards,

Pat

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    I wrote this and I have "Error" in each cell instead of "1", "2" etc. :c

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      3 years ago

      I encountered the same issue. Check if the Data Type of your date columns ([release date], [closed date]) is in "Date". The above doesn't seem to work on "Date/Time" data. I tried it on "Date" data and it worked.