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JoelN
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Paginated Report - YEARFRAC similar function

Hey Guys!

Im trying to accomplish the same fuction of YEARFRAC like excel has but in my paginated report. I tried DATEDIFF expression and got close by not the correct answer. Any help is much appreciated.

Goal: (YEARFRAC Date1, Date2) Ex. YEARFRAC("8/28/2020","12/31/2021")

Answer: 1.34



Attempt:
=CStr(DATEDIFF("m",Fields!Acquisition_Close_Date.Value,First(Fields!MaxReturn.Value, "MaxReturnDate"))\12)&"."& CStr(DATEDIFF("m",Fields!Acquisition_Close_Date.Value,First(Fields!MaxReturn.Value, "MaxReturnDate")) Mod 12)
Attempt Answer: 1.4 

Thanks for your help!

 

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FarhanAhmed
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Community Champion

Try 

= DATEDIFF("m",Fields!Acquisition_Close_Date.Value,First(Fields!MaxReturn.Value, "MaxReturnDate")) / 365






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@FarhanAhmed the solution works! I had to adjust the 365 to 12. 
Do you know how to two decimals instead on showing just one?
Thanks!

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FarhanAhmed
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Community Champion

Try 

= DATEDIFF("m",Fields!Acquisition_Close_Date.Value,First(Fields!MaxReturn.Value, "MaxReturnDate")) / 365






Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! Appreciate your Kudos!!

Proud to be a Super User!




@FarhanAhmed the solution works! I had to adjust the 365 to 12. 
Do you know how to two decimals instead on showing just one?
Thanks!

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