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cubedweller
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power query formula error: cannot apply operator <

The power query formula shown below is given me the error shown below.

A sample of the data where Completed Paste Due ❤️ Days is displaying "error" is shown below as well.

Task Due Date and Task Finished Date are both of type date.

Any idea how to fix this error?

 

if [Completed Past Due]=1 and ([Task Finished Date]-[Task Due Date])>=0 and ([Task Finished Date]-[Task Due Date])<3 then 1 else 0

 

Power Query ErrorPower Query Error

 

 

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Thank you.

 

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

This should work

 

  1. Change the data type of task finished date and task due date columns to Whole Numbers
  2. Write your formula
  3. Change the data type of task finished date and task due date columns to Date

 

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

This should work

 

  1. Change the data type of task finished date and task due date columns to Whole Numbers
  2. Write your formula
  3. Change the data type of task finished date and task due date columns to Date

 

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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