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Junaid11
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Timestamp based on specific criteria

Hello,

I have requirement regarding Power Query for creating time stamp and a new table having all the times.

 

I have a variable with numbers of seconds after midnight. But it exceeds 24:00 (e.g. 95000/3600 = 26.389). The value after 24 needs to be retained. So based on the current variable, a new variable should be created, which contains the timestamp in text, like: 26:23.

 

Format would be hh:mm. So the values need to have zeros if necessary necessary. E.g. 2:2 should be 02:02.

 

Anothe example

35100 / 3600 = 9.75

9.75 should be 09:45

 

I have attached sample query for the data set below as well:

let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjY1NDBQUNJRUorViVayNDcyMIBxzI2MzcDsWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [time = _t, timestamp = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"time", Int64.Type}, {"timestamp", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type"

 

A new table query that should contain all times between 00:00 and 30:00. Variables: timestamp (e.g. 12:33), hours (e.g. 12), minutes (e.g. 33) and timerange in hours: (e.g. 12:00 - 12:59). 

The other requirement for a table with all minutes between 00:00 and 30:00 (automatically generated in Power BI). E.g.
00:00
00:01
00:02
... up to ...
29:58
29:59
30:00

Your help would be highly appreciated.

Thank you

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Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
Most Valuable Professional

1. Use below

let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjY1NDBQUIrViVayNDcyMACzzI2MzSBCpgYgoVgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [time = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"time", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "timestamp", each [t=[time]/3600, h=Text.PadStart(Text.From(Number.IntegerDivide(t,1)),2,"0"), m=Text.PadStart(Text.From(Number.Round(60*Number.Mod(t,1),0)),2,"0"), T=h&":"&m][T])
in
    #"Added Custom"

2. A table with all minutes between 00:00 and 30:00 (though I have used minutes and second to generate the table but its output is 00:00 to 30:00 only which you want)

let
    ListOfTimes = Table.FromList(List.Transform(List.Times(#time(0,0,0),1801,#duration(0,0,0,1)),(x)=>Time.ToText(x,"mm:ss")), null, {"Time"})
in
    ListOfTimes

 

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collinsg
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

This alternative,

1) Uses Number.Mod to find the number of seconds left after removing the days.

2) Uses #duration to convert that number of seconds into a duration.

3) Adds that duration to 00:00:00 to get a time.

4) Returns as type text (as required by the original post – but could be returned as a type time).

 

= Table.AddColumn(
#"Name of Previous Step",
"Time",
each #time(0,0,0) + #duration( 0, 0, 0, Number.Mod([time],86400) ),
type text
)

collinsg_0-1684531527860.png

 

 

Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
Most Valuable Professional

1. Use below

let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjY1NDBQUIrViVayNDcyMACzzI2MzSBCpgYgoVgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [time = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"time", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "timestamp", each [t=[time]/3600, h=Text.PadStart(Text.From(Number.IntegerDivide(t,1)),2,"0"), m=Text.PadStart(Text.From(Number.Round(60*Number.Mod(t,1),0)),2,"0"), T=h&":"&m][T])
in
    #"Added Custom"

2. A table with all minutes between 00:00 and 30:00 (though I have used minutes and second to generate the table but its output is 00:00 to 30:00 only which you want)

let
    ListOfTimes = Table.FromList(List.Transform(List.Times(#time(0,0,0),1801,#duration(0,0,0,1)),(x)=>Time.ToText(x,"mm:ss")), null, {"Time"})
in
    ListOfTimes

 

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