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nogi
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DATEDIFF - Results to be in hours - can't quite get it right?

I want to show task slippage from a project schedule in hours. Closed tasks should be against the planned and actual date/time and all open tasks against the current date/time. Using the suggested answer from: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-subtract-a-column-with-Date-and-time-from-current-tim... I derived:

 

Column: HourlyFinishVariance = IF(ISBLANK('Tasks'[TaskActualFinishDate].[Date]),
						if(Tasks[TaskFinishDate].[Date]>NOW(),
							-DATEDIFF(NOW(),Tasks[TaskFinishDate].[Date],HOUR),DATEDIFF(Tasks[TaskFinishDate].[Date],NOW(),HOUR)),
						IF(Tasks[TaskFinishDate].[Date]>Tasks[TaskActualFinishDate].[Date],
							-DATEDIFF(Tasks[TaskActualFinishDate].[Date],Tasks[TaskFinishDate].[Date],HOUR),DATEDIFF(Tasks[TaskFinishDate].[Date],Tasks[TaskActualFinishDate].[Date],HOUR)))
							

It seems to work ok for closed tasks but doesn't seem to be returning the correct answer for open tasks. It's only returning values like 23hrs or 47hrs (almost 24hr clock less an hour):

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v-huizhn-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @nogi,

After check, the syntax of formula is right? Could you please share your sample date for further analysis? Do hide sensitive information when you upload it. Or you can create dummy sample table if your data is private.

Best Regards,
Angelia

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