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mdrammeh
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IF Statement using Power Query

‎02-02-2017 09:48 AM

Hello,

 

I am trying to write an IF statement to capture the following dates. I have and excel spreadsheet withs millions of records. For one of the columns in my spreadsheet, I want to create a new column to capture all DT_SCHED (date field) prior to June 1, 2017 and return a "Delivery Date of June 1st" and if the DT_SCHED date is greater than June 1st but less than December 31st, I want my IF statement to return "December 1st" delivery date.  

 

Could anyone help me figure this out? I don't have the Power Query Add-In to do a conditional lookup but have attached a screenshot with my first attempt but apparently the formula is VERY WRONG 🙂DELIVERY DATE.PNG

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MarcelBeug
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‎02-02-2017 11:22 AM

Try this code:

 

= if [DT_SCHED] < #date(2017,6,1) then "DELIVERY DATE JUNE 1ST" else if [DT_SCHED] < #date(2017,12,31) then "DELIVERY DATE DECEMBER 1ST" else null

 

PQ is case sensitive and if...then...else is all lower case, just like null.

 

Also mind your boundaries: in your information, June 1st is undefined; in the code above it returns December 1.

Likewise, December 31, 2017 will return null, according to the specifications provided.

 

How can you have millions of rows in Excel? As far as I know, Excel has a maximum of 1,048,576 rows

Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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