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Week Start calculation
Ok...so this appears to work and do what I need:
WeekStart
= Table.AddColumn(#"WeekStart", each Date.ToText(Date.StartOfWeek([Date], Day.Sunday),"MM/dd/yyyy"))
WeekStart_WeekEnd
= Table.AddColumn(#"WeekStart_WeekEnd", each Date.ToText(Date.StartOfWeek([Date], Day.Sunday),"MM/dd/yyyy") & "-" & Date.ToText(Date.EndOfWeek([Date], Day.Sunday),"MM/dd/yyyy"))
I'll leave this here so the next person trying this can hopefully find it and not bang their head for a full day.
I appreciate all the help.
Is there a way to do it in the Query Editor? I'm using the "Ultimate Calendar" query load and am wondering if can just be added there instead of DAX so all the Date Logic is on the calendar. We are just looking for a Sunday start yes. Is that possible do you know?
I have personally found that instead of dealing with dates in the Query Editor that it is instead preferrable to bash my head repeatedly into a brick wall until I pass out from blood loss and forget that I was trying to attempt something so foolish. But ImkeF might be able to assist.
Haha...but if I have a nice Calendar query, I can simply copy it from one report to the next when I create them. Adding in a DAX measure would add 1 more step would it not? Not the end of the world but I'm trying to keep things simple and tidy. Maybe I'm just missing something but that's the goal anyway.
No, I absolutely get it. I'm just saying that dealing with dates in M code can be incredibly frustrating.
I'm definitely starting to feel the same way...