May 16 2022 06:53 AM
Dears,
Please need your assist to get the last record from a huge data base based on the creation date.
N.B : attached sample of data and the return value that i want to show.
Thanks in advance
May 16 2022 08:11 AM
May 16 2022 08:19 AM
May 16 2022 10:10 AM
Solution
I believe since you have multiple columns that define uniqueness, it would be best to use PowerQuery to get the results you want.
You can create a blank query using Data>Get & Transform Data>Get Data>From Other Sources>Blank Query and put this query in the Advanced Editor:
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
change_types = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ced_clientresponsename", type text}, {"ced_clientresponsedate", type date}, {"createdon", type date}, {"ced_checkamount", type number}, {"ced_checkbankname", type text}, {"ced_checkdate", type date}, {"ced_checknumber", Int64.Type}, {"ced_unitname", type text}, {"ced_typename", type text}, {"ced_name", type text}}),
groups = Table.Group(change_types, {"ced_checkamount", "ced_checkdate", "ced_checknumber", "ced_unitname", "ced_name"}, {{"max_createdon", each List.Max([createdon]), type nullable date}}),
merge = Table.NestedJoin(change_types, {"ced_checkamount", "ced_checkdate", "ced_checknumber", "ced_unitname", "ced_name", "createdon"}, groups, {"ced_checkamount", "ced_checkdate", "ced_checknumber", "ced_unitname", "ced_name", "max_createdon"}, "Groups", JoinKind.Inner),
remove_col = Table.RemoveColumns(merge,{"Groups"})
in
remove_col
May 18 2022 02:57 AM
Thank you so much, it works well.
May 16 2022 10:10 AM
Solution
I believe since you have multiple columns that define uniqueness, it would be best to use PowerQuery to get the results you want.
You can create a blank query using Data>Get & Transform Data>Get Data>From Other Sources>Blank Query and put this query in the Advanced Editor:
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
change_types = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ced_clientresponsename", type text}, {"ced_clientresponsedate", type date}, {"createdon", type date}, {"ced_checkamount", type number}, {"ced_checkbankname", type text}, {"ced_checkdate", type date}, {"ced_checknumber", Int64.Type}, {"ced_unitname", type text}, {"ced_typename", type text}, {"ced_name", type text}}),
groups = Table.Group(change_types, {"ced_checkamount", "ced_checkdate", "ced_checknumber", "ced_unitname", "ced_name"}, {{"max_createdon", each List.Max([createdon]), type nullable date}}),
merge = Table.NestedJoin(change_types, {"ced_checkamount", "ced_checkdate", "ced_checknumber", "ced_unitname", "ced_name", "createdon"}, groups, {"ced_checkamount", "ced_checkdate", "ced_checknumber", "ced_unitname", "ced_name", "max_createdon"}, "Groups", JoinKind.Inner),
remove_col = Table.RemoveColumns(merge,{"Groups"})
in
remove_col