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Would require help to create a flag column to identify Past, Present and Future based on the Date in Power Query.
The data would come across something similar to this:
Type | Date | Today |
Level 1 | 10/07/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 11/07/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 26/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 29/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 30/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 1/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 2/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 7/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 8/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 9/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 10/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 11/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 15/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 16/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 4/12/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 1 | 5/12/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 30/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 1/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 9/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 10/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 11/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 12/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 31/12/2024 | 10/10/2024 |
Level 2 | 1/01/2025 | 10/10/2024 |
Create additonal flag column in power query
Past= Does not fit in latest cycle of continous day in between todays dates and are previous dates
Present= Fits in latest cycle of continous day in between todays dates
Future= Does not fit in latest cycle of continous day in between todays dates and are future dates
Type | Date | Today | Type Flag |
Level 1 | 10/07/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 1 | 11/07/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 1 | 26/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 1 | 29/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 1 | 30/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 1 | 1/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 1 | 2/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 1 | 7/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 1 | 8/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 1 | 9/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 1 | 10/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 1 | 11/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 1 | 15/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Future |
Level 1 | 16/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Future |
Level 1 | 4/12/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Future |
Level 1 | 5/12/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Future |
Level 2 | 30/09/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 2 | 1/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Past |
Level 2 | 9/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 2 | 10/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 2 | 11/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 2 | 12/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Present |
Level 2 | 31/12/2024 | 10/10/2024 | Future |
Level 2 | 1/01/2025 | 10/10/2024 | Future |
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Thanks for sharing such a nice challenge. Copy and past the next formula into a blank query
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("jdNBCoMwEIXhq0jWQmZejTZ38AaSpTvXnl+tpdiCzQ/ZhPnIkDfJNIVxXuel8dCGxi3aEGXq3rt9vXal/XbOnPpombjM3MOY80/hf1vGBsaejGXGLpXaKJhLyHl/YfenddEFmqYqExyr2FjFEhZMWDDh09Wf03lbZ6nsf8yPQvplZQM=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Type = _t, Date = _t, Today = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Type", type text}, {"Date", type date}, {"Today", type date}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Type"}, {{"Count", each _}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each Table.AddColumn([Count],"Flag", (x)=>if List.ContainsAll(_[Count][Date],List.Dates(List.Min({x[Date],x[Today]}),Number.Abs(Number.From(x[Today]-x[Date])),#duration(1,0,0,0))) then "Present" else if x[Date]<x[Today] then "Past" else "Future")),
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Custom"}),
#"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Custom", {"Type", "Date", "Today", "Flag"}, {"Type", "Date", "Today", "Flag"})
in
#"Expanded Custom"
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Thank you
let
Source = your_table,
type_flag = (tbl) =>
(
(w) => Table.AddColumn(tbl, "Type Flag", each w)
)(if List.Contains(tbl[Date], tbl[Today]{0}) then "Present" else if tbl[Date]{0} < tbl[Today]{0} then "Past" else "Future"),
idx = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "idx"),
group = Table.Group(
idx,
{"Type", "Date", "idx"},
{"x", type_flag},
GroupKind.Local,
(s, c) => Number.From(s[Type] <> c[Type] or Duration.Days(c[Date] - s[Date]) <> c[idx] - s[idx])),
result = Table.Combine(group[x])
in
result
Thanks for sharing such a nice challenge. Copy and past the next formula into a blank query
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("jdNBCoMwEIXhq0jWQmZejTZ38AaSpTvXnl+tpdiCzQ/ZhPnIkDfJNIVxXuel8dCGxi3aEGXq3rt9vXal/XbOnPpombjM3MOY80/hf1vGBsaejGXGLpXaKJhLyHl/YfenddEFmqYqExyr2FjFEhZMWDDh09Wf03lbZ6nsf8yPQvplZQM=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Type = _t, Date = _t, Today = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Type", type text}, {"Date", type date}, {"Today", type date}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Type"}, {{"Count", each _}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each Table.AddColumn([Count],"Flag", (x)=>if List.ContainsAll(_[Count][Date],List.Dates(List.Min({x[Date],x[Today]}),Number.Abs(Number.From(x[Today]-x[Date])),#duration(1,0,0,0))) then "Present" else if x[Date]<x[Today] then "Past" else "Future")),
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Custom"}),
#"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Custom", {"Type", "Date", "Today", "Flag"}, {"Type", "Date", "Today", "Flag"})
in
#"Expanded Custom"
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