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Porkey
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Need help inserting specific date from same row into the table

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I want to insert the date from row 1 into the Table on row one, the code ive used has inserted the dates as a list so they are all present. Is there a waty to get just the date from that row into the table?

 

Table.AddColumn(
                #"Invoked Custom Function", 
                "Custom", 
                 each Table.AddColumn(
                                       [ContentAdder],  
                                       "Date",
                                        each #"Invoked Custom Function"[Date],
                                        type date
                                       )
                )

 

edit: the date comes from the file name

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edhans
Community Champion
Community Champion

You need to trap that value (date) in a variable first, then reference the variable inside the Table.AddColumn. Something like this:

 

Table.AddColumn(
                #"Invoked Custom Function", 
                "Custom", 

                 each 
				 	let
						varDate = [Date]
					in
					Table.AddColumn(
                                       [ContentAdder],  
                                       "Date",
                                        each varDate,
                                        type date
                                       )
                )


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AlienSx
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Super User

Table.AddColumn(
    #"Invoked Custom Function", 
    "Custom", 
    (x) => 
        Table.AddColumn(
            x[ContentAdder],  
            "Date",
            (y) => x[Date],
            type date
        )
)
edhans
Community Champion
Community Champion

You need to trap that value (date) in a variable first, then reference the variable inside the Table.AddColumn. Something like this:

 

Table.AddColumn(
                #"Invoked Custom Function", 
                "Custom", 

                 each 
				 	let
						varDate = [Date]
					in
					Table.AddColumn(
                                       [ContentAdder],  
                                       "Date",
                                        each varDate,
                                        type date
                                       )
                )


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Porkey
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Thank you very much. 
Can i ask why it needs to be trapped in a variable? or if you cold point me to some reading that would explain.

 

 

edhans
Community Champion
Community Champion

In trapping the variable the way I did, I got the value outside of the context of the next Table.AddColumn() function. You can read more about it here. M Language basic concepts - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Learn

But it is similar to using a variable in DAX to trap values at an outer context vs using EARLIER() in the inner context. 



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