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Samuelcurr1e
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Difference between dates in the same column

Hi,

 

I have a financial approvals table that has the action date in the same column, I am trying to find out the lenght of time each the process is at each stage of the process. The table below is an exmpale of what I am working with. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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v-chuncz-msft
Community Support
Community Support

@Samuelcurr1e,

 

According to your description, you could add a calculated column as follows.

Duration Column = 
DATEDIFF (
    Table1[Action Date],
    LOOKUPVALUE (
        Table1[Action Date],
        Table1[Req No], Table1[Req No],
        Table1[Apr Seq No], Table1[Apr Seq No] + 1
    ),
    HOUR
)
Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
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Hi Sam,

 

Thanks for your response. I seem to get an error when using the calculation, 'Calculation error I column 'PR Process'[]: In DATE DIFF function, the start date cannot be greater than the end date' I've not seen this error before, any ideas?

 

Cheers

Sam

 

@Samuelcurr1e,

 

For DATEDIFF Function, an error is returned if start_date is larger than end_date. To quickly resolve the issue, you may need to provide more information.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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