Create a custom column that tracks if date is less than current day

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

I currently have a date column called "closing date", and I want to create a new custom column in Power Query that will either give "Expired" or "Active" depending if the "closing date" has surpassed current date or not. 

So for example, 

if closing date is less than todays date (example: DateTime.Date(DateTime.LocalNow())) then new column value = Expired

else the column value = Active

How would I be able to do this in Power Query? 

[jbwtp]

Hi @Anonymous,

Something like this?

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMtQ3NNQ3MlKK1YlWMkJiGyOxTZDYpiC2sbFSbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Status", each if [Date] < Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()) then "Expired" else "Active", type text)
in
    #"Added Custom"

Cheers,

John

[Anonymous]

Hi @jbwtp 

I'm a bit confused with this one, I've added it in, but it looks like it's just generated it's own date column. I want it to use my date column which is "closing date" and check if that's less than todays date. 

[jbwtp · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

this is just an example to give you a taste of the possible solution. For your code you need to adopt the  Added Custom step. In your case if would look something like:

#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Status", each if [closing date] < Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()) then "Expired" else "Active", type text)

If you are using a standard Add Column button in the main menu, this is the code that you need to paste into the dialog box:

if [closing date] < Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow()) then "Expired" else "Active"

Cheers,

John

[Anonymous]

Thank you @jbwtp the custom column worked!