Variant Datatype calculated column with String and Date

[Applicable88]

Hello,

I have a joined table , where orders got a finish time and a fetch time. When an order is ready, but nobody fetch it yet, intead of fetch datetime I want a string returning "not fetched yet".

But since its a mixture of Date and string datatype I get the variant datatype error message. 

Basically like this:

Ordernumber	Finishtime		Fetchtime
1234		01.01.2021		not fetched yet
1235		02.01.2021		03.01.2021
1236		03.01.2021		03.01.2021
1237		07.01.2021		09.01.2021
1238		08.01.2021		not fetched yet
1239		09.01.2021		not fetched yet

I tried with formatting the date time into a string, but it showed weird numbers, since it is in the standard 

date format like DD.MM.YYYY anymore. 

Thank you very much in advance.

Best. 

[Thejeswar]

Hi @Applicable88 ,

Assuming your Fetchtime and Finishtime columns are of date datatype, You might have to create a new column as below

new_fetch = IF(ISBLANK(order_finish_fetch[Fetchtime]), "Not Fetched Yet", FORMAT(order_finish_fetch[Fetchtime],"dd.mm.yyyy"))

Screenshot below with both fetchtime and new_fetch (as per your need)

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@Applicable88 , You need a text column like

if(isblank([Fetchtime]) , format([FetchDate], "DD.MM.YYYY") , "not fetched yet")