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Qotsa
Helper V
Helper V

Time difference between first and last time

Hi,

 

Can't get what I'm looking for exactly from other posts.

 

Need to calculate the time difference in hours between the 'Time of Last Call' & the 'Time of First Call' for each 'carer_id'

Qotsa_0-1643715325098.png

 

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mahoneypat
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Here is a measure expression (not a column) that gives your expected results.

mahoneypat_0-1643720260698.png

TimeDiff =
VAR thisdate =
    MIN ( data[Date] )
VAR thisfirst =
    MIN ( data[Time of First Call] )
VAR prevdate =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( data[Date] ),
        ALL ( data ),
        VALUES ( data[carer_id] ),
        data[Date] < thisdate
    )
VAR prevlast =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( data[Time of Last Call] ),
        ALL ( data ),
        VALUES ( data[carer_id] ),
        data[Date] = prevdate
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        NOT ( ISBLANK ( prevdate ) ),
        24
            FIXED ( ( thisdate + thisfirst ) - ( prevdate + prevlast )3 )
    )

 

Pat

 





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mahoneypat
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Here is a measure expression (not a column) that gives your expected results.

mahoneypat_0-1643720260698.png

TimeDiff =
VAR thisdate =
    MIN ( data[Date] )
VAR thisfirst =
    MIN ( data[Time of First Call] )
VAR prevdate =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( data[Date] ),
        ALL ( data ),
        VALUES ( data[carer_id] ),
        data[Date] < thisdate
    )
VAR prevlast =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( data[Time of Last Call] ),
        ALL ( data ),
        VALUES ( data[carer_id] ),
        data[Date] = prevdate
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        NOT ( ISBLANK ( prevdate ) ),
        24
            FIXED ( ( thisdate + thisfirst ) - ( prevdate + prevlast )3 )
    )

 

Pat

 





Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! Kudos are also appreciated!

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@mahoneypat That gives me correct result Pat. TY

Qotsa
Helper V
Helper V

Still not giving desired result.

 

Here is my file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b0uhe3z8ne4unit/sample%20time%20diff.pbix?dl=0

 

freginier
Super User
Super User

Use datediff function 

Column = DATEDIFF('Table'[First],'Table'[Last],HOUR)

@freginier Thks for reply.

Not getting desired result - 

Qotsa_0-1643717188959.png

 

don't summurize your time difference column

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