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Hi,
I am trying to add a column via Power Query M. How do I convert this DAX code to M language:
IF (
YEAR ( 'Dummy Data'[Admissions Month] )
= YEAR ( DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),
MONTH(TODAY())-1,DAY(TODAY())) )
&& MONTH ( 'Dummy Data'[Admissions Month] ) = MONTH ( DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-1,DAY(TODAY())) ),
"Last Month",
'Dummy Data'[Admissions Month]
)
Thanks for your help.
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Hi @JohnNPBIUser ,
I think you can hugely simplify this down to:
if Date.StartOfMonth([AdmissionsMonth]) = Date.StartOfMonth(Date.AddMonths(Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow()), -1))
then "Last Month"
else [AdmissionsMonth]
Pete
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Thank you for your help, much appreciated 👍
Hi @JohnNPBIUser ,
I think you can hugely simplify this down to:
if Date.StartOfMonth([AdmissionsMonth]) = Date.StartOfMonth(Date.AddMonths(Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow()), -1))
then "Last Month"
else [AdmissionsMonth]
Pete
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