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Rocky_Brown
Helper I
Helper I

Switch Comparing 2 dates

I have 2 date tables both with unique Dates.

1. Is a Table that displays Year and Good Friday Date

     Year             Good Friday

     2021            04/02/2021

     2022            04/15/2022

     2023            04/07/2023 

2, The other is a general Date table.

 

I am trying to create a "Holiday" column in the the Date table using "Switch"

Holiday =
Switch(
True(),
CALCULATETABLE(VALUES('Good Friday Years'[Good Friday]),NOT(ISBLANK('Good Friday Years'[Good Friday]))) = CALCULATETABLE(VALUES('Date'[Date]),NOT(ISBLANK('Date'[Date]))), "Good Friday",
""
)
 
I keep getting the error "A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected.
 
How do I compare the date to the good friday date in order to populate the Holdiay column?
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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

@Rocky_Brown 

Try someting like this for the column.

Holiday =
SWITCH (
    TRUE (),
    NOT ISBLANK (
        LOOKUPVALUE (
            'Good Friday Years'[Good Friday],
            'Good Friday Years'[Good Friday], Dates[Date]
        )
    ), "Good Friday",
    ""
)

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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

I have attached a file with a Dates table along with a Holiday table and a GoodFriday table and I use both of those to tag the holidays on the dates table.  The idea for the holiday table came from this post

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Holiday-date-patterns/m-p/768950

It uses the day of the week as well as the day of the month of the holiday and the month to identify what dates should be tagged as holidays.

jdbuchanan71_0-1671719238165.png

 

 

 

jgeddes
Super User
Super User

You can try something like...

Holiday = 
var _goodFriday =
LOOKUPVALUE('Good Friday Years'[Good Friday], 'Good Friday Years'[Year], dimDate[Date].[Year], 'Good Friday Years'[Good Friday], dimDate[Date])
return
IF(
    ISBLANK(_goodFriday),
    "",
    "Good Friday"
)

 





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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

@Rocky_Brown 

Try someting like this for the column.

Holiday =
SWITCH (
    TRUE (),
    NOT ISBLANK (
        LOOKUPVALUE (
            'Good Friday Years'[Good Friday],
            'Good Friday Years'[Good Friday], Dates[Date]
        )
    ), "Good Friday",
    ""
)

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