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Hello
I am getting error ("Expressions that yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns")
when using two dates in an IF function.
Solved! Go to Solution.
The expression below is not power query. Are you looking for a power query expression?
While I do not know what you are using, my guess would be that the message is tellling you that an if statement cannot return both a string "Y" and a number 0. Maybe you can try the expression below:
IF('Outstanding Cases'[CreatedDate]<=TODAY()-1,"Y","0")
The expression below is not power query. Are you looking for a power query expression?
While I do not know what you are using, my guess would be that the message is tellling you that an if statement cannot return both a string "Y" and a number 0. Maybe you can try the expression below:
IF('Outstanding Cases'[CreatedDate]<=TODAY()-1,"Y","0")
Hi
Apologies, I must have accidently posted it in the wrong section.
However, you're solution has worked great, thank you.
Kind regards
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