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ConnorH
Microsoft Employee
6 years ago
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Date Management

Hey all,    I have been trying to figure out a way to solve this date issue I am running into with my data mess. So an example is we have two years worth of calender data. In one day there should n...
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  • mahoneypat's avatar
    mahoneypat
    6 years ago

    Since you posted in two places, I had to take a shot at this one.  Turned out to be a little tricky, and solved more easily in DAX IMO.  I put your data into a table called "Schedule" and added these two calculated columns to get your desired result.  If it works for you and you want explanation of how it works, please let me know.

     

    Priority = SWITCH(Schedule[Subject], "call sheet",1,"Assesories",2,"Maintanance",3,"Tentatively available",4)
     
    Adj Start Time =
    var starttime = Schedule[Start Time]
    var endtime = Schedule[End Time]
    var currentpriority = Schedule[Priority]
    var conflictTF = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Schedule), All(Schedule), Schedule[Priority]<currentpriority, Schedule[Start Time]<endtime, Schedule[End Time]>starttime)>0 // returns True or False if a higher priority meeting conflicts with this meeting
    return if(conflictTF, CALCULATE(MAX(Schedule[End Time]), All(Schedule), Schedule[Priority]<currentpriority, Schedule[Start Time]<endtime, Schedule[End Time]>starttime),starttime) // if a conflict, finds the max end time of any conflicting higher priority meetings

     

     

mahoneypat's avatar
mahoneypat
Microsoft Employee
6 years ago

Since you posted in two places, I had to take a shot at this one.  Turned out to be a little tricky, and solved more easily in DAX IMO.  I put your data into a table called "Schedule" and added these two calculated columns to get your desired result.  If it works for you and you want explanation of how it works, please let me know.

 

Priority = SWITCH(Schedule[Subject], "call sheet",1,"Assesories",2,"Maintanance",3,"Tentatively available",4)
 
Adj Start Time =
var starttime = Schedule[Start Time]
var endtime = Schedule[End Time]
var currentpriority = Schedule[Priority]
var conflictTF = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Schedule), All(Schedule), Schedule[Priority]<currentpriority, Schedule[Start Time]<endtime, Schedule[End Time]>starttime)>0 // returns True or False if a higher priority meeting conflicts with this meeting
return if(conflictTF, CALCULATE(MAX(Schedule[End Time]), All(Schedule), Schedule[Priority]<currentpriority, Schedule[Start Time]<endtime, Schedule[End Time]>starttime),starttime) // if a conflict, finds the max end time of any conflicting higher priority meetings

 

 

ConnorH's avatar
ConnorH
Microsoft Employee
6 years ago

For some reason it is not returning the right start time. Could this be because this formula searches a whole table rather than by day? I am geting 5:30pm Start time for every value.

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    mahoneypat
    Microsoft Employee
    6 years ago

    Please confirm you are using the expression in calculated columns and not a measure (expression would need to be adjusted for measure).  Did it work when you apply it to the sample data your provided?  Are there differences with your actual data?  Did you have to modify the expression? 

     

    Regards,

    Pat

     

    • ConnorH's avatar
      ConnorH
      Microsoft Employee
      6 years ago

      Hi Pat,

       

      Just went through and yes it does work on the sample data but not my actual data. I should have put out a more rounded example. Thank you so much for your time. I have linked to an Excel file which holds an almost itentical match to my actual data. I think an issue was I have hundereds of different days but from what I understood from the solution is it searches the whole table and adjusts start dates instead of adjusting day by day. Not really sure how to do it.   Dropbox Excel File 

       

      Thank you for the help!