Pivot table with multple dates on the same id

[fer_vd]

Hi, I'm still new to power BI and not too familiar with DAX. The situation is this:

I have a table which contains all the changes to the state of an order. The same order can have multple changes on other dates. Every change is saved on it's own record with the ID, ChangeCode and Date (and unimportant things).

The thing I want to do is: make a graph which shows the time between the different ChangeCodes. I tried to pivot the table but did not get it to work.

Could anyone help me out?

[mitsu · Accepted solution]

Following is what you can try  in the import data mode 

1> Go to Query Editor .

2> Pivot Column Status with value as Date and  in the advanced option select do not Aggregate .

3> The colums should split by status with date as a value as shown below .

4>You can then rename columns and perfrom the required date operations .

Hope this helps 

Regards,

Mitsu

[fer_vd]

Thank you Mitsu! This works. I've been struggling with this for too long and the answer is pretty easy once you know it.. So thanks a lot!

I'll tag the topic as solved :).

Fer

[CheenuSing]

@fer_vd

1. Could you please let us know how you want the output to look like.

2.  Are you sing DirectQuery or ImportData mode for building your data model.

Cheers

CheenuSing

[fer_vd]

Hi thanks for your respond.

Im trying to get all ordernumbers combined on 1 row with all the states that order has been in. The amount of state can differ though. Most orders have 4 states, but some 2 3 or 5.

I dont know if this is the easiest way to make a graph of datedifferences, possibly there are better ways?

[v-micsh-msft]

Hi fer_vd,

If you would like to achieve this (Combine values in 1 row) under Power BI Query Editor, then I am afraid this is not available.

Power BI is a column based tool, which is different from Excel (cell based).

By the way, you may take a look at the Matrix Visual, see if this type of Visual would meet your requirements regarding the data display:

How to Use Tables and Matrixes

Another thoughts is we could take use of Power BI publisher For Excel. Use Excel function to create Pivot tables which would meet your requirements, then publish it from Excel directly to Power Bi service:

Power BI publisher for Excel

Please let me know if I have any further misunderstandings about your situation.

Regards

[fer_vd]

Hi Michael,

I prefer to use only power BI to accomplish this task. The date difference between states was one of the questions asked to vizualize in power BI. The information itself comes from a SQL database.

As little background information: For an internship I'm setting up a couple of example reports.

[CheenuSing]

@fer_vd

Could you please calrify

1. What will be maximum states in your data model.

2. What are states and the order. - OIO->ORF->OVL->OVS

Cheers

CheenuSing

[fer_vd]

The order can be any purchase made at a webshop. The possible states the order can have are in the table below. The number is the order in which the states happen. Some states are optional (for example deleted or blocked and are thus empty)

OIO	arrived order	1
OOB	Blocked order
ORF	Order printed	3
ORR	Order reserved	2
OVA	canceled order
OVD	Order deleted
OVL	Order label create	5
OVS	Order fully scanned	4