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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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variable for today's date

I'm trying to filter on a data set to have the date always be greater than or equal to the current date.  Is there a variable that I can use, like 'DATE' or something like that?

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  • erik_tarnvik's avatar
    erik_tarnvik
    8 years ago

    Ah. You are in Power Query. The language used there is called "M", not DAX...no matter, we can make this right. Instead of TODAY(), use DateTime.LocalNow() where you edited it in the formula (you were on the right track) and all should be good. And you need to make sure that you balance the paranthesis, see error message in the pic you attached.

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    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      8 years ago

      I did try that, but I must be using it incorrectly. In the query editor, I am trying to create a dynamic filter to filter the column to everything after the current date: 

       

      So I tried to just enter a real date and tweak the DAX, but still didn't get it right (I had changed the column from date/time to date first):

       

      Thanks for any help you can provide!

      • erik_tarnvik's avatar
        erik_tarnvik
        Solution Specialist
        8 years ago

        Ah. You are in Power Query. The language used there is called "M", not DAX...no matter, we can make this right. Instead of TODAY(), use DateTime.LocalNow() where you edited it in the formula (you were on the right track) and all should be good. And you need to make sure that you balance the paranthesis, see error message in the pic you attached.

  • KalerDev's avatar
    KalerDev
    New Member
    4 years ago

    Hello

    This works for me too - How do I add a number of days to today's date

     

    I only want the data that is before today + 4 weeks (28 days)
    or anything between today + 21 days and today + 28 days

     

    I am using Date.AddDays (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/date-adddays) but I get a SyntaxError (Expression.SyntaxError: Token RightParen expected.) and not sure how / where to fix

     

    [Planned_Receipt_Date_Line] < (Date.AddDays(DateTime.LocalNow()), 28))

     

     

    Thanks for your feedback


    KalerDev