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dbollini
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Dax Query or Custom Column for Two dates with today

I have CreatedDate & Updated Date in my database so now i wnat to get the no of days it has been sitting in the current state from Updated date to today and if updateddate is NULL then i should use CreatedDay to Today in single column or Dax query .

 

I created custom column and Dax query but with only one column UPdated date Duration.TotalDays([Today] - [UpdatedDate])

but i need if it updateddate is null then use createddate

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AlB
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Hi @dbollini 

In PQ, create a custom column:

= if [UpdatedDate] = null then  Duration.TotalDays([Today] - [CreatedDate]) else Duration.TotalDays([Today] - [UpdatedDate])

 

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AlB
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Hi @dbollini 

In PQ, create a custom column:

= if [UpdatedDate] = null then  Duration.TotalDays([Today] - [CreatedDate]) else Duration.TotalDays([Today] - [UpdatedDate])

 

SU18_powerbi_badge

Please accept the solution when done and consider giving a thumbs up if posts are helpful. 

Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs, tutoring, etc.

 

Thank you so much i was using the same query but was doing one small mistake with column name now fixed .

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