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Anonymous
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Monthly Cutoff date

I am attempting to create a query that uses calendar dates to include all items that fall on my "cutoff" date to happen each month.  The Cutt off date is the 25th of each month. If my date is Jan. 15, it should fall under Month of Jan, but if it's Jan. 26, it should be on Feb. on so on also for December that should include all items from Nov. 26 until Dec. 31.

i have a table that has a date, i wanted to add a column month for each item that falls on that cutoff.

I am stuck creating a conditional column that will set the Cutoff date correctly if the dates fall on 25th of the month.

Any ideas?  

 

item nameDateInclude in Month
item11/15/2021Jan. 1, 2021
item211/26/2021Dec. 1, 2021
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JoeBarry
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @Anonymous 

 

I would approach this in Power Query 

 

Create a custom column in your table and something similar replacing the Date column with your date column name

 

if Date.Day([Date]) >= 26 and Date.Month([Date]) >= 11 and 
Date.Day([Date]) <= 31 and Date.Month([Date]) <= 12 then #date(Date.Year([Date]), 12, 1) else

if Date.Day([Date]) >= 26  then Date.StartOfMonth(Date.AddMonths([Date], +1))
 else  Date.StartOfMonth([Date])

 

If you are then using a Date Table and want to make calculations on the the Cut off, create either a one to many relationship with the new Cutoff date column or create the same relationship and have it set as in active relationship. When creating measures, use USERELATIONSHIP to activate the relationship

 

Hope this helps

 

Joe

 

If this post helps, then please Accept it as the solution

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JoeBarry
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @Anonymous 

 

I would approach this in Power Query 

 

Create a custom column in your table and something similar replacing the Date column with your date column name

 

if Date.Day([Date]) >= 26 and Date.Month([Date]) >= 11 and 
Date.Day([Date]) <= 31 and Date.Month([Date]) <= 12 then #date(Date.Year([Date]), 12, 1) else

if Date.Day([Date]) >= 26  then Date.StartOfMonth(Date.AddMonths([Date], +1))
 else  Date.StartOfMonth([Date])

 

If you are then using a Date Table and want to make calculations on the the Cut off, create either a one to many relationship with the new Cutoff date column or create the same relationship and have it set as in active relationship. When creating measures, use USERELATIONSHIP to activate the relationship

 

Hope this helps

 

Joe

 

If this post helps, then please Accept it as the solution

Anonymous
Not applicable

Thanks. This one works fine.

Hi @Anonymous 

 

If it works, can yopu accept it as a solution, it helps other user find the correct answer easier for similar questions

 

Thanks

Joe

mlsx4
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

Hi @Anonymous 

 

You can do the following:

 

if Date.Day([Date])<25 then #date(Date.Year([Date]),Date.Month([Date]),1) else if Date.Month([Date])=12 then #date(Date.Year([Date]),Date.Month([Date]),1) else #date(Date.Year([Date]),Date.Month([Date])+1,1)

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Thanks. This one works fine.

Hi @Anonymous 

 

I'm glad it works. Please, mark it as solved for other users who may need it

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