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My dataset has 3 columns that can look like this.
STATUS | CHANGEDATE | WONUM |
ASSIGN | 5/1/2023 | WO-23521 |
IN PROGRESS | 5/2/2023 | WO-23521 |
SUBMITTED | 5/10/2023 | WO-23521 |
IN REVIEW | 5/11/2023 | WO-23521 |
REJECTED | 5/13/2023 | WO-23521 |
IN PROGRESS | 5/14/2023 | WO-23521 |
SUBMITTED | 5/17/2023 | WO-23521 |
IN REVIEW | 5/18/2023 | WO-23521 |
APPROVED | 5/19/2023 | WO-23521 |
I need a way to sum up the time the project has each status. So in my example above, my project was in the assign bucket for 1 day because it had that status for one day before changing. It was in the "IN PROGRESS" bucket for 11 total days (8 the first time, 3 the second time), it was in the "SUBMITTED" bucket for 2 days (1 +1), etc.
I have tried several solutions, ranging from creating measures, custom columns, tables, etc. To me the solution would likely be a custom column that takes the current row's changedate and subtracts the value from the previous row. Since all my projects end with Approved, there would be no value needed for that status. Any ideas out there?
Use this
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcgwO9nT3U9JRMtU31DcyMDIGMsP9dY2MTY0MlWJ1opU8/RQCgvzdg1yDg8GqjLCqCg518vUMCXF1gZhkgMuoINcwT9dwiCLs9gW5erk6ww0yJspNhibEOMocpkgBn6sssKtyDADaGAYzyhKLolgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [STATUS = _t, CHANGEDATE = _t, WONUM = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"STATUS", type text}, {"CHANGEDATE", type date}, {"WONUM", type text}}),
BuffList = List.Buffer(#"Changed Type"[CHANGEDATE]),
DiffList = List.Generate(()=>[x=Duration.Days(BuffList{1}-BuffList{0}),y=0], each [y]<List.Count(BuffList), each [y=[y]+1, x=try Duration.Days(BuffList{y+1}-BuffList{y}) otherwise 0], each [x]),
result = Table.FromColumns(Table.ToColumns(#"Changed Type") & {DiffList}, Table.ColumnNames(#"Changed Type") & {"Diff"}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(result, {"STATUS"}, {{"Total Duration", each List.Sum([Diff]), type number}})
in
#"Grouped Rows"
This is fantastic thank you. The issue I run into is it I am not sure of the correct way to update the source from
Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcgwO9nT3U9JRMtU31DcyMDIGMsP9dY2MTY0MlWJ1opU8/RQCgvzdg1yDg8GqjLCqCg518vUMCXF1gZhkgMuoINcwT9dwiCLs9gW5erk6ww0yJspNhibEOMocpkgBn6sssKtyDADaGAYzyhKLolgA"
to my actual source which is a SQL database with a query to my dataset. I tried adding how I thought it would work but I get an agument error so I'm probably putting missing/inserting an extra ( or , somewhere
Source = Sql.Database("ogssqlbi03ptul", "public_rpt", [Query="select * from maximo.MAXIMO_OGSLOCUSWOSTATUS"], let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [STATUS = _t, CHANGEDATE = _t, WONUM = _t]),
Pull your data from DB through PQ and a source line will be generated. Just paste this source line replacing source line in my code.
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