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Extract earliest date for distinct values in a separate column

‎11-20-2019 01:39 PM

Hello,

 

I have a dataset with "Task Name" and "Task Date". I want for each distinct task to create a column that will show the earliest date. See example data:

Task NameTask DateTask Earliest Date
A1/11/20191/11/2019
A1/13/20191/11/2019
A2/27/20191/11/2019
B3/24/20192/11/2019
B2/11/20192/11/2019
C5/5/20193/18/2019
C4/2/20193/18/2019
C3/18/20193/18/2019
C6/13/20193/18/2019

 

I want to create the "Task Earliest Date" in Power BI and show in a bar graph how many distinct tasks were created over time. What formula should I use for the new column?

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parry2k
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‎11-20-2019 02:45 PM

@Anonymous you can use following to get earliest date

 

Earliest Date = CALCULATE( MIN ( dd[Task Date] ), ALLEXCEPT(dd, dd[Task Name] ) )


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parry2k
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‎11-20-2019 02:45 PM

@Anonymous you can use following to get earliest date

 

Earliest Date = CALCULATE( MIN ( dd[Task Date] ), ALLEXCEPT(dd, dd[Task Name] ) )


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