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jbwelch2
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Date Flags

I have a situation where a business system will update dates (both dates in the future) in the same column and will not alert a user a date has been changed.  I pull this information from a dataflow that is updated daily. 

 

What I need to understand is how can I flag a date change for review in PowerBI?  I've made a very generic table showing what I need.   Is there any way to compare values or at least flag it if there was a date change, but the data source is always in the same column in the dataflow?

 

Checked:  11/1/2024
OrderOrder StatusDates
123Open11/15/2024
456Open11/20/2024
789Open11/17/2024

 

 

Checked:  Today
OrderOrder StatusDates
123Open11/25/2024
456Open11/20/2024
789Open12/1/2024
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lbendlin
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Power BI has no memory* . You need to manage your snapshots in the upstream system. * Yes, there is the self referencing option but that has no safety net.

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Omid_Motamedise
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If these two tables are the result of same query, you can export the previous result into CSV by using python or R and then compare the result of today table with the result of last CSV file, and if these two tables are seperate query, you can use merge to extract the differences.code into CSV file and 

If my answer helped solve your issue, please consider marking it as the accepted solution. It helps others in the community find answers faster—and keeps the community growing stronger!
You can also check out my YouTube channel for tutorials, tips, and real-world solutions in Power Query with the following link
https://youtube.com/@omidbi?si=96Bo-ZsSwOx0Z36h

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Omid_Motamedise
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Super User

If these two tables are the result of same query, you can export the previous result into CSV by using python or R and then compare the result of today table with the result of last CSV file, and if these two tables are seperate query, you can use merge to extract the differences.code into CSV file and 

If my answer helped solve your issue, please consider marking it as the accepted solution. It helps others in the community find answers faster—and keeps the community growing stronger!
You can also check out my YouTube channel for tutorials, tips, and real-world solutions in Power Query with the following link
https://youtube.com/@omidbi?si=96Bo-ZsSwOx0Z36h
lbendlin
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Super User


Power BI has no memory* . You need to manage your snapshots in the upstream system. * Yes, there is the self referencing option but that has no safety net.

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