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Nspiler
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Expression error

I am using the following to establish a new conditional column in Power Query:

= Table.AddColumn(#"Filtered Rows3", "LC19", each
if[FY18]= #date(2017, 7, 1) and [FY19] = #date(2018, 7, 1) then "Retained"
else
if[FY19]= #date(2018, 7, 1) and [First Gift Date]>= #date(2018, 7, 1) then "New"
else
if[FY18]= #date(null) and [FY19]= #date(2018, 7, 1) and [First Gift Date]<= #date(2017, 6,30) then "Reactived"
else "N/A")

And I keep receiving the folowing Expression.Error: 1 arguments were passed to a function which expects 3.
Details:
Pattern=
Arguments=[List]

 

All the referenced columns are formatted as type Date - what am I missing?

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Omid_Motamedise
Super User
Super User

Instead of using 

if[FY18]= #date(null)

Use

if[FY18]= null

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ronrsnfld
Super User
Super User

To explain further, your error message is because:

#date(year, month, day) requires three arguments.

#date(null) has only one argument

 

Of course, #date(null,null,null) would also be invalid as the arguments for #date(...) need to be of type number and each within a certain range of numbers, and null cannot be converted to a number. 

 

As others have pointed out, you can just use if [FY18]=null ...

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v-prasare
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@Nspiler, Thanks for reaching out ot MS fabric community support.

 

@ronrsnfld@Omid_Motamedise@rohit1991@Fowmy  Thanks for your promt response. @Nspiler Can you please confirm whether solution provided by our super worked for you? please let us know if you need further assistance.

 

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ronrsnfld
Super User
Super User

To explain further, your error message is because:

#date(year, month, day) requires three arguments.

#date(null) has only one argument

 

Of course, #date(null,null,null) would also be invalid as the arguments for #date(...) need to be of type number and each within a certain range of numbers, and null cannot be converted to a number. 

 

As others have pointed out, you can just use if [FY18]=null ...

Omid_Motamedise
Super User
Super User

Instead of using 

if[FY18]= #date(null)

Use

if[FY18]= null

rohit1991
Super User
Super User

Your issue is caused by using #date(null), which is invalid. Replace it with null for null checks. Here's the corrected code:

= Table.AddColumn(#"Filtered Rows3", "LC19", each
if [FY18] = #date(2017, 7, 1) and [FY19] = #date(2018, 7, 1) then "Retained"
else if [FY19] = #date(2018, 7, 1) and [First Gift Date] >= #date(2018, 7, 1) then "New"
else if [FY18] = null and [FY19] = #date(2018, 7, 1) and [First Gift Date] <= #date(2017, 6, 30) then "Reactivated"
else "N/A"
)

 

Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@Nspiler 

in the following line, you have used #date(null) which is not acceptable, try this way


if [FY18]= null and [FY19]= #date(2018, 7, 1) and [First Gift Date]<= #date(2017, 6,30) then "Reactived"


You may try [FY18]= "" also

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