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7 years ago
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Qualifying Date for Date-Range

Hello all   I have a table of objects. These objects are available within a data range. dateActiveOn = active since dateDeadOn = inactive from   I now need to set a qualifying date to show o...
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  • v-juanli-msft's avatar
    v-juanli-msft
    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous

    Explaination for the formula as below

    qualifying1 =
IF (
    [selected date] < MAX ( Sheet5[datedeadon] ) //"max" -> get the current row of a column,
        && [selected date] >= MAX ( Sheet5[dateactiveon] ),
    1,
    0
)

     

     

    I make a new test as below

     

    in my test, [DeadActiveOn] is date/time type, DateDeadOn and Date (Date table) are in date type.

     

    Could you share a screenshot to let me know your data and what's error of the qualifying measure?

     

     

    Best Regards

    Maggie

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v-juanli-msft
Community Support
7 years ago

Hi Anonymous

Create a date table which is not connected to your data table.

Date table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
    CALENDARAUTO (),
    "year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
    "month", MONTH ( [Date] ),
    "day", DAY ( [Date] ),
    "weeknum", WEEKNUM ( [Date], 2 ),
    "weekday", WEEKDAY ( [Date], 2 )
)

 

scenario 1: select one date from the "date table"

create measures in your main data table

selected date = SELECTEDVALUE('Date table'[Date])

qualifying1 =
IF (
    [selected date] < MAX ( Sheet5[datedeadon] )
        && [selected date] >= MAX ( Sheet5[dateactiveon] ),
    1,
    0
)

add "year","month","day" from the "date table" in the slicers,

add measure "qualifying" in Visual level filter.

 

 

scenario 2: select a date period from the "date table"

create measures in your main data table

 

min = MIN('Date table'[Date])

max = MAX('Date table'[Date])

qualifying2 =
IF (
    [min] >= MAX ( Sheet5[dateactiveon] )
        && [max] < MAX ( Sheet5[datedeadon] ),
    1,
    0
)

 

 

Best Regards

Maggie

 

Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
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Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
7 years ago

Hello v-juanli-msft

 

Thanks for this answer.

Im looking to get scenario 1 to work.

Its about the same direction i tried yesterday night, but with a few changes...

 

For now, i dont get it to work.

Following Questions:

  • If DateDeadOn, DeadActiveOn and Date (Date table) may have different formats i.e Date with time or without. Does this matter?
  • In the formula, its possible to say DateDeadOn.Date  -- Should i use Date?
  • The 2 above doesnt really matter i think, the qualifying formula wont work this way. Why use Max?
    If the object hasnt a specified deadOn date its 12.31.9999, max is getting this date isnt it?

The qualifying measure is always false, cant get it to true

  • v-juanli-msft's avatar
    v-juanli-msft
    Community Support
    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous

    Explaination for the formula as below

    qualifying1 =
IF (
    [selected date] < MAX ( Sheet5[datedeadon] ) //"max" -> get the current row of a column,
        && [selected date] >= MAX ( Sheet5[dateactiveon] ),
    1,
    0
)

     

     

    I make a new test as below

     

    in my test, [DeadActiveOn] is date/time type, DateDeadOn and Date (Date table) are in date type.

     

    Could you share a screenshot to let me know your data and what's error of the qualifying measure?

     

     

    Best Regards

    Maggie