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assigning dates based on cell values in a column
HI,
I'm wondering how to assign a date in a custom column based on data in another column. I'm new to BI and not able to find a solution.
Here's the picture. The data repeats on the first row of every data set. How do i know to identify that break and assign the dates?
This could be very simple with IF statements but the trick is the format is set to text, so not sure how to proceed. Any ideas?
Hi drallam,
You can open Query Editor, add a custom column like below. It will return errors if the value is not a valid date.
Then you can use Replace errors feature to replace errors as null. Utilize Fill-> Down feature to fill null values.
Best Regards,
QiuyunYu
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Hi drallam
Any chance you can mock up an example of what you'd like the data in the new column to look like for this data? Maybe use Excel to create an example and post the info,
6/12/2017 6/12/2017 6/12/2017 124 6/12/2017 437 6/12/2017 443 6/12/2017 306 6/12/2017 338 6/12/2017 354 6/12/2017 143 6/12/2017 418 6/12/2017 399 6/12/2017 465 6/12/2017 238 6/13/2017 6/13/2017 6/13/2017 299 6/13/2017 399 6/13/2017 100 6/13/2017 492 6/13/2017 498 6/14/2017 6/14/2017 6/14/2017 232 6/14/2017 416 6/14/2017 180 6/14/2017 307 6/14/2017 378 So the original data set is Column B. The intent is to create a custom column A and somehow apply a formula. First step is to referecne only the date cells and paste them in column A. Second Step is Goto>Special>BlankCells> then the cells get selected and then click uparrow and then ctrl+enter. It reference the above cell to the blank ones. How can we get this logic here.?
Hi drallam,
You can open Query Editor, add a custom column like below. It will return errors if the value is not a valid date.
Then you can use Replace errors feature to replace errors as null. Utilize Fill-> Down feature to fill null values.
Best Regards,
QiuyunYu
