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Compare multiple date/time columns and find the latest date
- 6 years ago
Hi lightw0rks ,
you can add a custom column with the following formula:
It allows you to add additional Date columns as well. It skips the first column of the table.
But it could easily be changed to a solution where the date-columns are hardcoded if the dynamic solution is not desired.
This is the code to try out:let Source = #table( {"ID", "Date1", "Date2", "Date3"}, List.Zip( { {"1", "2", "3", "4"}, {"01/07/2017 09:00", "01/07/2017 10:00", "01/07/2017 09:30", "01/07/2017 09:45"}, {"10/09/2020 12:00", "null", "null", "03/08/2020 09:35"}, {"12/03/2019 11:00", "null", "03/05/2020 09:00", "null"} } ) ), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes( Source, {{"Date1", type datetime}, {"Date2", type datetime}, {"Date3", type datetime}} ), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn( #"Changed Type", "Custom", each List.Max(List.Skip(Record.FieldValues(_))) ) in #"Added Custom"
lightw0rks Best to unpivot probably but if not, MC Aggregations: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Multi-Column-Aggregations-MC-Aggregations/m-p/391698#M129
- ImkeF6 years ago
Community Champion
Hi lightw0rks ,
you can add a custom column with the following formula:
It allows you to add additional Date columns as well. It skips the first column of the table.
But it could easily be changed to a solution where the date-columns are hardcoded if the dynamic solution is not desired.
This is the code to try out:let Source = #table( {"ID", "Date1", "Date2", "Date3"}, List.Zip( { {"1", "2", "3", "4"}, {"01/07/2017 09:00", "01/07/2017 10:00", "01/07/2017 09:30", "01/07/2017 09:45"}, {"10/09/2020 12:00", "null", "null", "03/08/2020 09:35"}, {"12/03/2019 11:00", "null", "03/05/2020 09:00", "null"} } ) ), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes( Source, {{"Date1", type datetime}, {"Date2", type datetime}, {"Date3", type datetime}} ), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn( #"Changed Type", "Custom", each List.Max(List.Skip(Record.FieldValues(_))) ) in #"Added Custom"- lightw0rks6 years agoFrequent Visitor
Thanks, that's great!
I needed a harcoded solution as I had a few more columns going on in my data so I modified it slightly:
List.Max(Record.FieldValues(Record.SelectFields(_, "Date1", "Date2", "Date3")))