Power Query Date Column: to display month based on an existing column

[nic2023]

We are currently in month of August, I have a raw data with a column contains Dates ranged from later June to all possible July dates, the majority of the dates are July.  

The desired outcome is to add a column to show all entries (can be June or July) with a standardzied "Jul-23" as the majority dates within tha report, i.e. those entries dated with June also flagged as "Jul-23"

Is there any formula related to show MMM-YY from averged date or majority date point of view?

Thanks in advance. 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @nic2023 ,

Raw data:

Final result:

Steps of the soltuion:

1.Add a custom column to return MonthYear based on the date column.

2.Group by the date column.

3.Add a custom to return the majority of the month year.

4.Fill down/up the monthyear.

5.Remove unneeded columns and expand the all rows, you will get the result.

You can also download my attachment for more details.

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

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[nic2023]

Hi Stephen, Would you be able to elaborate more on the above step 5? How to 'expand all rows"? 

5.Remove unneeded columns and expand the all rows

Thank you so much!

[Mahesh0016]

@nic2023  I hope this helps you. Thank You.

Create Custom Column
MMM YY =
Date.ToText(#date(Date.Year([DATETIME]), Date.Month([DATETIME]), Date.Day([DATETIME])), [Format="MMM-yy", Culture="de-DE"])

Note :
 change Culture="de-DE" based on your Region and location.

[nic2023]

Thanks @Mahesh0016 

Yes, the Jul-23 can be populated as advised.

However the June dated entries are also show their real month as Jun-23 

The desired outcome is to show all entries with Jul-23 as the majority dates within tha report. 

Is there any formula related to show MMM-YY from averged date or majority date?