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Anonymous
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Prior Date logic needed

i have these fields (as_of_date,BUSINESS_DAY_IN_MNTH,DAY_NUM_IN_MNTH) in my db. now i want to calculate the prior business day(Prior date) . Consider weekends(sat and sun) , 1st jan and 25th jan are hoildays . 

 

for example:

if that date in the as_of_date fall on hoilday we need to  get last working day or if the date in the as_of_date fall on weekday we need get to previous working day. Below is the table for refernece .

as_of_dateBUSINESS_DAY_IN_MNTHDAY_NUM_IN_MNTHPrior date
5/15/201110155/13/2011
5/16/201111165/13/2011
5/17/201112175/16/2011
5/18/201113185/17/2011
5/19/201114195/18/2011
5/20/201115205/19/2011
5/21/201115215/20/2011
5/22/201115225/20/2011
5/23/201116235/20/2011
5/24/201117245/23/2011

 

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Hi @Anonymous 

As tested, earlier function doesn't work for direct query, create a measure instead

Measure = CALCULATE(MAX('date'[Date]),FILTER(ALL('date'),'date'[Date]<MAX('Sheet1$'[as_of_date])&&[is or not workday]="workday"))

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Best Regards
Maggie
Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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amitchandak
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Do you have some column that contains holidays

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Anonymous
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ya sir ..

like the below table . On 1st jan is holiday we get 12/31 . for 2 nd jan , we get 12/31 as 1st jan was hoilday . 

AS_OF_DATEBUSINESS_DAY_IN_MNTHDAY_NUM_IN_MNTHPrior Date
1/1/20090112/31/2008
1/2/20091212/31/2008
1/3/2009131/2/2009
1/4/2009141/2/2009
1/5/2009251/2/2009

Hi @Anonymous 

Create a new table

date =
ADDCOLUMNS (
    CALENDARAUTO (),
    "year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
    "weeknum", WEEKNUM ( [Date], 2 ),
    "weekday", WEEKDAY ( [Date], 2 ),
    "is or not workday", IF (
        WEEKDAY ( [Date], 2 ) IN { 6, 7 }
            || (
                MONTH ( [Date] ) = 1
                    && DAY ( [Date] ) = 1
            )
            || (
                MONTH ( [Date] ) = 1
                    && DAY ( [Date] ) = 25
            ),
        "not workday",
        "workday"
    )
)

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Create a calculated column

Column = CALCULATE(MAX('date'[Date]),FILTER(ALL('date'),'date'[Date]<EARLIER('Table'[as_of_date])&&[is or not workday]="workday"))

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Best Regards
Maggie
Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Thanks for your response .. 

 

one doubt , is the earlier function works in the direct query .. 

Hi @Anonymous 

As tested, earlier function doesn't work for direct query, create a measure instead

Measure = CALCULATE(MAX('date'[Date]),FILTER(ALL('date'),'date'[Date]<MAX('Sheet1$'[as_of_date])&&[is or not workday]="workday"))

Capture11.JPG

Best Regards
Maggie
Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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