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sonm10
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Helper I

Generating rows from date difference

Hello Experts, I have a event schedule as below

 

FromToDayStartEnd
1/1/20201/31/2020Mon7:00 AM3:00 PM
1/1/20201/31/2020Tue8:00 AM4:00 PM
1/1/20201/31/2020Wed9:00 AM5:00 PM
1/1/20201/31/2020Thu10:00 AM6:00 PM
1/1/20201/31/2020Fri11:00 AM7:00 PM
1/1/20201/31/2020Sat12:00 PM8:00 PM
1/1/20201/31/2020Sun1:00 PM9:00 PM

 

The schedule is maintained in periods and day. Now i want to expand that table to show the schedule for each date as below.

 

DateDayStartEnd
1/1/2020Wednesday9:00 AM5:00 PM
1/2/2020Thursday10:00 AM6:00 PM
1/3/2020Friday11:00 AM7:00 PM
1/4/2020Saturday12:00 PM8:00 PM
1/5/2020Sunday1:00 PM9:00 PM
1/6/2020Monday7:00 AM3:00 PM
1/7/2020Tuesday8:00 AM4:00 PM
1/8/2020Wednesday9:00 AM5:00 PM
1/9/2020Thursday10:00 AM6:00 PM
1/10/2020Friday11:00 AM7:00 PM
1/11/2020Saturday12:00 PM8:00 PM
1/12/2020Sunday1:00 PM9:00 PM
1/13/2020Monday7:00 AM3:00 PM
1/14/2020Tuesday8:00 AM4:00 PM
1/15/2020Wednesday9:00 AM5:00 PM
1/16/2020Thursday10:00 AM6:00 PM
1/17/2020Friday11:00 AM7:00 PM
1/18/2020Saturday12:00 PM8:00 PM
1/19/2020Sunday1:00 PM9:00 PM
1/20/2020Monday7:00 AM3:00 PM
1/21/2020Tuesday8:00 AM4:00 PM
1/22/2020Wednesday9:00 AM5:00 PM
1/23/2020Thursday10:00 AM6:00 PM
1/24/2020Friday11:00 AM7:00 PM
1/25/2020Saturday12:00 PM8:00 PM
1/26/2020Sunday1:00 PM9:00 PM
1/27/2020Monday7:00 AM3:00 PM
1/28/2020Tuesday8:00 AM4:00 PM
1/29/2020Wednesday9:00 AM5:00 PM
1/30/2020Thursday10:00 AM6:00 PM
1/31/2020Friday11:00 AM

7:00 PM

 

 

I have found that we can generate a date list with the Date.List function. In the function, we have to provide the starting date, the number of rows required and the increment number.

 

First I need to calculate the first date of a period corresponing to the given Day. In the above example, I first need the date of the first monday so I can use that as the start date for my list.

 

Additionally, I need the number of Days in a given period. In the above example, I have to find the number of mondays in the given period to find the number of rows to be created.

 

I am stuck with finding the first date for a day in a given period and finding the number of particular days in the period.

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camargos88
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Hi @sonm10 ,

 

Check this file:  Download PBIX 

 

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Thank you @camargos88 for the solution. However I am not able to get my time schedules (it only shows  date fields)when I expand the table. Can you explain the various step in your PBIX.

Hi @sonm10 ,

 

1) Create a table with your dates;

2) Create a column with the weekday name;

3) Merge the new and old table by the weekday name to get the times (start/end);

4) Expand the merged table;

 

Could you download the pbix ?

 

 



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