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GuidoPinares
Helper I
Helper I

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Hi community,

 

This probably is a very easy problem but I am strugling with it, I hope you can help me.

 

Basically I have two different Tables:

 

Sales(CustomerID, DateSold)
Activities(CustomerID, ActivityDate)

 

I would like to find the First DateSold by CustomerID and store it in a Column as True or False and finally but most important look if that customer has an Activity prior to the DateSold, a good example is as follows:

Sales Data:

Customer IDDate Sold
A0011/1/2023
A0021/2/2023
A0011/15/2023
A0031/25/2023
A0042/1/2023
A0042/2/2023

 

Activities Data

 

Customer IDActivity Date
A0011/1/2023
A0021/1/2023
A0031/15/2023
A0042/2/2023
A0042/3/2023
A001

3/3/2023

 

The result should be in two calculate columns as follows:

 

Customer IDDate SoldFirst Purchase?Activities Before
A0011/1/2023TRUEFALSE
A0021/2/2023TRUETRUE
A0011/15/2023FALSE-
A0031/25/2023TRUETRUE
A0042/1/2023TRUEFALSE
A0042/2/2023FALSE-

 

The table Sales and Activities, both are able to have the same customerID more than once. We should focus if there is an activity prior to the First Time purchase of the customerID.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestion or help!

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@GuidoPinares , NEw column

 

Activities Before= var _cnt = countx(Activies, Sales[Customer ID]=Activies[Customer ID] && Activies[Activity Date] <= Sales[Date Sold]) ,  Activies[Customer ID] )

return

if(isblank(_cnt), false(), true ())

 

 

First Purchase = var _date = minx(filter(Sales, Sales[Customer ID]= earlier(Sales[Customer ID])), Sales[Date Sold])
return
if(Sales[Date Sold] =_date, TRUE(), FALSE())

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GuidoPinares
Helper I
Helper I

Thanks so much @amitchandak, I think other approach for the ACtivities before could be

Activities Before=

var _cnt2 = COUNTROWS(FILTER(Activities, Sales[PrescriberNPI] = Activities[new_cnpi] && Activities[Date] <= Sales[DateSold] && Activities[Date] >= (Sales[DateSold]-90)))
return

if(_cnt2>0, TRUE(), FALSE())
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@GuidoPinares , NEw column

 

Activities Before= var _cnt = countx(Activies, Sales[Customer ID]=Activies[Customer ID] && Activies[Activity Date] <= Sales[Date Sold]) ,  Activies[Customer ID] )

return

if(isblank(_cnt), false(), true ())

 

 

First Purchase = var _date = minx(filter(Sales, Sales[Customer ID]= earlier(Sales[Customer ID])), Sales[Date Sold])
return
if(Sales[Date Sold] =_date, TRUE(), FALSE())

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