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lguelcher
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If won, then calculate difference between two dates

I'm trying to add a calculated column to calculate the number of days between two dates. However, I need to only calculate for those that meet a certain criteria. 

 

The formula I tried is: 

DiffCloseDate = if(Opportunities[Status]="won",(Opportunities[Actual Close Date]-Opportunities[Est Close Date]),"")

 

For the 'then' clause, I also tried

Datediff(Opportunities[Est Clsoe Date],Opportunities[Actual Close Date],Days)

 

 

The error I'm receiving is:

A single value for column 'Actual Close Date' in table Opportunities cannot be determined. This can happen when a measure formula refers to a column that contains many values without specifying an aggregation such as min, max, count, or sum to get a single result.

 

But, I don't want to aggregate the dates. I just want each row to perform the calculation.

 

Thanks for any help.

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Greg_Deckler
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Are you sure that you are using a calculated column because the error you are getting is for a measure. If you use a calculated column, your formula would generate an error regarding "variant" data because you are trying to return a number and a string at the same time. Both have to agree in terms of the data type returned. So, you could do something like this as a calculated column (not a measure)

 

DiffCloseDate = IF(Opportunities[Status]="won",Opportunities[Actual Close Date]-Opportunities[Est Close Date],-999)


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Greg_Deckler
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Are you sure that you are using a calculated column because the error you are getting is for a measure. If you use a calculated column, your formula would generate an error regarding "variant" data because you are trying to return a number and a string at the same time. Both have to agree in terms of the data type returned. So, you could do something like this as a calculated column (not a measure)

 

DiffCloseDate = IF(Opportunities[Status]="won",Opportunities[Actual Close Date]-Opportunities[Est Close Date],-999)


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@lguelcher, are you defining this column in the 'Opportunities' table?

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