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Hello. I am looking to create column D of the table below in power query. You can see the excel formula to the right. I need to add columns from the current row and add a previously calculated row above. I am stuck and do not know how to proceed. Any help would be appreciated.
A | B | C | D | ||
Date | Production | Demand | Final Inventory | Formula in Column D | |
1 | 5/1/2021 | 80,287 | 96,419 | 158,276 | N/A |
2 | 6/1/2021 | 77,325 | 86,650 | 148,951 | B3-C3+D2 |
3 | 7/1/2021 | 83,763 | 83,179 | 149,535 | B4-C4+D3 |
4 | 8/1/2021 | 81,890 | 74,075 | 157,350 | B5-C5+D4 |
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @drewswiney
Add a helpColumn and an Index column
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("bY7JDYAwDARbQXmvhO3gI7Wg9EYtVEYAKZza1zxm7HlOpCPxKCSckNZl3xAECb+4GCYund8bWAPilipaz749d2TRW99gSo1Pw38+yHDLD2Yv3YgfgxGFbjcnkOth1A0=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Production = _t, Demand = _t, Orignal = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}, {"Production", Int64.Type}, {"Demand", Int64.Type}, {"Orignal", Int64.Type}}),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "helpColumn", each if [Index]=0 then [Orignal]
else [Production]- [Demand]),
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Final Inventory", each List.Sum(List.FirstN(#"Added Custom"[helpColumn],[Index]+1)))
in
#"Added Custom1"
Hi @drewswiney
Add a helpColumn and an Index column
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("bY7JDYAwDARbQXmvhO3gI7Wg9EYtVEYAKZza1zxm7HlOpCPxKCSckNZl3xAECb+4GCYund8bWAPilipaz749d2TRW99gSo1Pw38+yHDLD2Yv3YgfgxGFbjcnkOth1A0=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Production = _t, Demand = _t, Orignal = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}, {"Production", Int64.Type}, {"Demand", Int64.Type}, {"Orignal", Int64.Type}}),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "helpColumn", each if [Index]=0 then [Orignal]
else [Production]- [Demand]),
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Final Inventory", each List.Sum(List.FirstN(#"Added Custom"[helpColumn],[Index]+1)))
in
#"Added Custom1"
This calculation should probably be done on the DAX side with a measure or a column, but here is an example of how to do it in the query editor. To see how it works, just create a blank query, open the Advanced Editor and replace the text there with the M code below.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("fY/JDcMwDARbMfhewKQkXrUI6i21pLI4fthOBAj7ms9gtnfSXfbCRQj0fn23BaOE35yGJnnx/zbRQHGjgU422dxRiz7sBlNe2FogVU6bz20VbvWHxVdtLaFVT1vMNkEkP1ob2HX19DhzxI/xAQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Production = _t, Demand = _t, #"Final Inventory" = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}, {"Production", Int64.Type}, {"Demand", Int64.Type}, {"Final Inventory", Int64.Type}}),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Custom", each if [Index] = 0 then null else [Production] - [Demand] + #"Changed Type"{[Index]-1}[Final Inventory], type number)
in
#"Added Custom"
Pat
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