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Anonymous
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Subtract Today() from a Column

Hello 

I am using a formula in excel (=IF(AY2<>"NA",TODAY()-BB2,"OPEN")). 

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I want to subtract Column "BB" using Today() function if value in column "AY" is not equal to "NA" in form of number in "BC" column else it should show open.

 

Please help @v-xiaotang 

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parry2k
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@Anonymous sorry missed a parenthesis

 

New Column Name = IF(Table[AY2 Column Name] <> "NA", 
FORMAT ( DATEDIFF ( TODAY(), Table[BB2 Column Name], DAY ), "General Number" ),
"OPEN")
). 

 

 

 

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parry2k
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@Anonymous sorry, just reverse the column in the datediff

 

 DATEDIFF ( Table[BB2 Column Name], TODAY(),  DAY )

 

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parry2k
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@Anonymous sorry, just reverse the column in the datediff

 

 DATEDIFF ( Table[BB2 Column Name], TODAY(),  DAY )

 

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parry2k
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@Anonymous what is the type of AY2 column in Power BI, is it a text or a number?

 

 

 

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Anonymous
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It worked man !! Thanks . Just one thing the data is coming in negative. how can we correct that. Thanks once again.

Anonymous
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parry2k
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Super User

@Anonymous sorry missed a parenthesis

 

New Column Name = IF(Table[AY2 Column Name] <> "NA", 
FORMAT ( DATEDIFF ( TODAY(), Table[BB2 Column Name], DAY ), "General Number" ),
"OPEN")
). 

 

 

 

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Anonymous
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Still error 😔

 

DAX comparison operations do not support comparing values of type Integer with values of type Text. Consider using the VALUE or FORMAT function to convert one of the values.

mh2587
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=DATEDIFF( [Closed On], Today(), DAY )


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Anonymous
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Getting this error - Cannot convert value 'OPEN' of type Text to type Date.

parry2k
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Super User

@Anonymous add this column

 

New Column Name = IF(Table[AY2 Column Name] <> "NA", 
FORMAT ( DATEDIFF ( TODAY(), Table[BB2 Column Name], DAY ), "General Number",
"OPEN")
). 

 

 

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Anonymous
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Getting this error - "DAX comparison operations do not support comparing values of type Integer with values of type Text. Consider using the VALUE or FORMAT function to convert one of the values."

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