Need help on dynamic date filter in Power Query

[spycein]

Hello Everyone,
I need help to filter dates in power query based on cell value mentioned in excel.
Following is my sample sales dataset

Order Date	Region	Rep	Item	Units	Unit Cost	Total
06-Jan-21​	East	Jones	Pencil	95​	1.99	189.05
23-Jan-21​	Central	Kivell	Binder	50​	19.99	999.50
09-Feb-21​	Central	Jardine	Pencil	36​	4.99	179.64
26-Feb-21​	Central	Gill	Pen	27​	19.99	539.73
15-Mar-21​	West	Sorvino	Pencil	56​	2.99	167.44
01-Apr-21​	East	Jones	Binder	60​	4.99	299.40
18-Apr-21​	Central	Andrews	Pencil	75​	1.99	149.25
05-May-21​	Central	Jardine	Pencil	90​	4.99	449.10
22-May-21​	West	Thompson	Pencil	32​	1.99	63.68

i need to filter Order date column in power query based on value mentioned in excel sheet cells, For example if i put 01/04/2021 as Start Date and 31/05/2021 as End Date then the table will return the value between these two date range.

Following is my power query M code looks like:

let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Sales"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"OrderDate", type date}, {"Region", type text}, {"Rep", type text}, {"Item", type text}, {"Units", Int64.Type}, {"Unit Cost", type number}, {"Total", type number}}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [OrderDate] >= #date(2022, 4, 1) and [OrderDate] <= #date(2022, 5, 31))
in
#"Filtered Rows"

I am looking for a solution to link the dates dynamically. Also sharing the excel workbook for your reference.

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Thank you so much in advance.

Best Regards,
Shib

 

[johnny51981]

You will first want to set up the 2 cells that will house your Start Date and your End Date as Named Ranges (one for each date), from either the Name Manager or the Name Box (when the cell is selected), making sure that there are no spaces in the name. Then add each of them as tables in your Power Query by clicking the "From Table/Range" button in the Get & Transform Data, and format accordingly in the Power Query Editor. Note, in my test version, I have changed the names of the Columns in each. But it will be NamedRange[#"Column Name"]{0} as the structure

Then in the Filtered Rows Step, you'll just need to change it from:
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [OrderDate] >= #date(2022, 4, 1) and [OrderDate] <= #date(2022, 5, 31))

To
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [OrderDate] >= StartDate[#"Start Date"]{0} and [OrderDate] <= EndDate[#"End Date"]{0})

Then Close & Load. Each time you update the 2 Date cells and refresh your Query, the data will filter based on the Start Date and End Date cell populations.

 

[spycein]

@johnny51981 Thank you so much.