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Gringohekus
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4 years ago
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Using Date formulas in power Query (1D, 2W, etc)

Hi, I am developing reports from Business Central where payment terms,leadtimes are defined in Date Formulas. How can I use these formats in Power Query formulas?   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-u...
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    BA_Pete
    4 years ago

    Hi Gringohekus ,

     

    You could add a custom column something like this:

    Payment_Terms_Days =
    if Text.Contains([Payment_Terms_Link.Due_Date_...], "W")
    then Number.From(Text.Select([Payment_Terms_Link.Due_Date_...], {"0".."9"})) * 7
    else Number.From(Text.Select([Payment_Terms_Link.Due_Date_...], {"0".."9"})

     

    This should give you a column that converts your 30D/2W column into number of days that you can use for further date calculations. It's also easy enough to see the formula structure I've used if you wanted to add conditions for 'M' or 'Y' etc.

     

    I get the following output:

     

    Pete