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Variant Datatype calculated column with String and Date
Hello,
I have a joined table , where orders got a finish time and a fetch time. When an order is ready, but nobody fetch it yet, intead of fetch datetime I want a string returning "not fetched yet".
But since its a mixture of Date and string datatype I get the variant datatype error message.
Basically like this:
| Ordernumber | Finishtime | Fetchtime | ||
| 1234 | 01.01.2021 | not fetched yet | ||
| 1235 | 02.01.2021 | 03.01.2021 | ||
| 1236 | 03.01.2021 | 03.01.2021 | ||
| 1237 | 07.01.2021 | 09.01.2021 | ||
| 1238 | 08.01.2021 | not fetched yet | ||
| 1239 | 09.01.2021 | not fetched yet |
I tried with formatting the date time into a string, but it showed weird numbers, since it is in the standard
date format like DD.MM.YYYY anymore.
Thank you very much in advance.
Best.
Applicable88 , You need a text column like
if(isblank([Fetchtime]) , format([FetchDate], "DD.MM.YYYY") , "not fetched yet")
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Applicable88 , You need a text column like
if(isblank([Fetchtime]) , format([FetchDate], "DD.MM.YYYY") , "not fetched yet")
Hi Applicable88 ,
Assuming your Fetchtime and Finishtime columns are of date datatype, You might have to create a new column as below
new_fetch = IF(ISBLANK(order_finish_fetch[Fetchtime]), "Not Fetched Yet", FORMAT(order_finish_fetch[Fetchtime],"dd.mm.yyyy"))Screenshot below with both fetchtime and new_fetch (as per your need)
