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jereaallikko
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5 years ago
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How to calculate difference between wanted date and today with filters

Hi all,

 

I have a slight problem to solve. I am handling requests sent by our customers and want to calculate the duration of open requests.

I have "Status" column and and a column indicating the date of the sent request [Request sent at]. I would like to calculate the duration in days until today, when [Status]="Open". Requests with any other [Status], I would like to show "null".

 

I have tried many DAX expressions with columns and measures but nothing seems to work... 

 

Can anyone provide me a simple code, which helps me to solve the problem?

 

Thenks,

Jere

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  • Jimmy801's avatar
    Jimmy801
    5 years ago

    Hello jereaallikko 

     

    add a new column in Power Query with this formula

    if _[Status]="Open" then Duration.TotalDays(Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())- [Request sent at]) else null

     

    Here the complete example

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wcs7JL05NUdJRMjDUAyIjA6VYnWgl/4LUPJCYiZ6BKRYxCzQxQwM9IIKKIUy00DMwBovGAgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Status = _t, #"Request sent at" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Status", type text}, {"Request sent at", type date}}, "de-DE"),
    AddDurationOfOpenRequests = Table.AddColumn
    (
        #"Changed Type",
        "Duration if open",
        each if _[Status]="Open" then Duration.TotalDays(Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())- [Request sent at]) else null
    )
in
    AddDurationOfOpenRequests

     

    Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.

    If this post helps or solves your problem, please mark it as solution (to help other users find useful content and to acknowledge the work of users that helped you)
    Kudoes are nice too

    Have fun

    Jimmy

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    Jimmy801
    Icon for Community Champion rankCommunity Champion
    5 years ago

    Hello jereaallikko 

     

    add a new column in Power Query with this formula

    if _[Status]="Open" then Duration.TotalDays(Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())- [Request sent at]) else null

     

    Here the complete example

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wcs7JL05NUdJRMjDUAyIjA6VYnWgl/4LUPJCYiZ6BKRYxCzQxQwM9IIKKIUy00DMwBovGAgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Status = _t, #"Request sent at" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Status", type text}, {"Request sent at", type date}}, "de-DE"),
    AddDurationOfOpenRequests = Table.AddColumn
    (
        #"Changed Type",
        "Duration if open",
        each if _[Status]="Open" then Duration.TotalDays(Date.From(DateTime.FixedLocalNow())- [Request sent at]) else null
    )
in
    AddDurationOfOpenRequests

     

    Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.

    If this post helps or solves your problem, please mark it as solution (to help other users find useful content and to acknowledge the work of users that helped you)
    Kudoes are nice too

    Have fun

    Jimmy