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Suppose I have following data:
| Product | Start Date | End Date |
| 1 | 31 October 2021 | 25 December 2021 |
| 2 | 31 October 2021 | 10 January 2022 |
| 3 | 21 October 2021 | 15 February 2023 |
But I want to split the rows in which time period between 'Start Date' & 'End Date' spans more than one year(They are recognised Date variables). The table above would then be changed to:
| Product | Start Date | End Date |
| 1 | 31 October 2021 | 25 December 2021 |
| 2 | 31 October 2021 | 31 December 2021 |
| 2 | 1 January 2022 | 10 January 2022 |
| 3 | 21 October 2021 | 31 December 2021 |
| 3 | 1 January 2022 | 31 December 2022 |
| 3 | 1 January 2023 | 15 February 2023 |
How can I do this in powerBI? Any help would be much appriciated!
Best regards
Solved! Go to Solution.
@CSRiotech You can use this:
let
Source = Table.FromRows (
Json.Document (
Binary.Decompress (
Binary.FromText (
"i45WMlTSUTI2VPBPLslPSi1SMDIwAokYmSq4pCan5sKFYnWilYywKjU0UPBKzCtNLKoEiRiBVRqDjMBUaarglppUBFNqrBQbCwA=",
BinaryEncoding.Base64
),
Compression.Deflate
)
),
let
_t = ( ( type nullable text ) meta [ Serialized.Text = true ] )
in
type table [ Product = _t, #"Start Date" = _t, #"End Date" = _t ]
),
ChangedType = Table.TransformColumnTypes (
Source,
{ { "Product", Int64.Type }, { "Start Date", type date }, { "End Date", type date } }
),
Result = Table.AddColumn (
Source,
"Repeat",
( CurrentRow ) =>
let
YearCount =
Date.Year ( CurrentRow[End Date] )
- Date.Year ( CurrentRow[Start Date] )
+ 1,
GenerateDates =
List.Generate (
() => [
Start = CurrentRow[Start Date],
End = List.Min ( { CurrentRow[End Date], Date.EndOfYear ( Start ) } ),
Stop = CurrentRow[End Date]
],
each [Start] <= [Stop],
each [
Start = Date.StartOfYear ( Date.AddYears ( [Start], 1 ) ),
End = List.Min ( { [Stop], Date.EndOfYear ( Start ) } ),
Stop = [Stop]
],
each { CurrentRow[Course], [Start], [End] }
),
Result =
Table.FromRows (
GenerateDates,
type table [Course = text, Start Date = date, End Date = date]
)
in
Result,
type table
),
Combined = Table.Combine ( Result[Repeat] )
in
Combined
@CSRiotech You can use this:
let
Source = Table.FromRows (
Json.Document (
Binary.Decompress (
Binary.FromText (
"i45WMlTSUTI2VPBPLslPSi1SMDIwAokYmSq4pCan5sKFYnWilYywKjU0UPBKzCtNLKoEiRiBVRqDjMBUaarglppUBFNqrBQbCwA=",
BinaryEncoding.Base64
),
Compression.Deflate
)
),
let
_t = ( ( type nullable text ) meta [ Serialized.Text = true ] )
in
type table [ Product = _t, #"Start Date" = _t, #"End Date" = _t ]
),
ChangedType = Table.TransformColumnTypes (
Source,
{ { "Product", Int64.Type }, { "Start Date", type date }, { "End Date", type date } }
),
Result = Table.AddColumn (
Source,
"Repeat",
( CurrentRow ) =>
let
YearCount =
Date.Year ( CurrentRow[End Date] )
- Date.Year ( CurrentRow[Start Date] )
+ 1,
GenerateDates =
List.Generate (
() => [
Start = CurrentRow[Start Date],
End = List.Min ( { CurrentRow[End Date], Date.EndOfYear ( Start ) } ),
Stop = CurrentRow[End Date]
],
each [Start] <= [Stop],
each [
Start = Date.StartOfYear ( Date.AddYears ( [Start], 1 ) ),
End = List.Min ( { [Stop], Date.EndOfYear ( Start ) } ),
Stop = [Stop]
],
each { CurrentRow[Course], [Start], [End] }
),
Result =
Table.FromRows (
GenerateDates,
type table [Course = text, Start Date = date, End Date = date]
)
in
Result,
type table
),
Combined = Table.Combine ( Result[Repeat] )
in
Combined
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