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MSMK
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Add Column Comparing Two Date Columns and Returning the Next date in Column 2 from Column 1

I am customizing my date table for my business. I have built a column containing only the dates we are open. As we are closed on the weekend I have null values for Saturday, Sunday and holiday closures.

 

I need a third column added to my date table containing the current business day if open or if closed, the next day we're open.

 

I have tried Table.Min with little success. I have tried MINX with filters for open_date<> null and open_date>=Date.Date. I keep getting circular reference errors.

 

This is the result I'm looking for. Thank for looking.

 

Date.Datedate_openResult
12/31/202612/31/202612/31/2026
12/30/202612/30/202612/30/2026
12/29/202612/29/202612/29/2026
12/28/202612/28/202612/28/2026
12/27/2026 12/28/2026
12/26/2026 12/28/2026
12/25/202612/25/202612/25/2026
12/24/202612/24/202612/24/2026
12/23/202612/23/202612/23/2026
12/22/202612/22/202612/22/2026
12/21/202612/21/202612/21/2026
12/20/2026 12/21/2026
12/19/2026 12/21/2026
12/18/202612/18/202612/18/2026
12/17/202612/17/202612/17/2026
12/16/202612/16/202612/16/2026
12/15/202612/15/202612/15/2026
12/14/202612/14/202612/14/2026
12/13/2026 12/14/2026
12/12/2026 12/14/2026
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jgeddes
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You may be able to add the column referencing the [date_open] column and then doing a Table.FillUp() (or Table.FillDown() depending on which way the table is sorted) step to the new column.





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MSMK
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Thanks very much. That worked a treat.

MSMK
New Member

Thank you for looking.

 

Table.AddColumn(#"Removed other columns", "result", each Table.FillDown(table name, [date_open]))
 
Result was an error:
Expression.Error: A cyclic reference was encountered during evaluation. 
 
That's the error I've seen a lot so I must be doing something fundamentally off. The table I'm using is the name of the table.

Try doing it in two steps.
Add a column that is just [date_open] and then in the next step fill down that column.





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jgeddes
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Super User

You may be able to add the column referencing the [date_open] column and then doing a Table.FillUp() (or Table.FillDown() depending on which way the table is sorted) step to the new column.





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