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Date range and Vlookup Approximate Match Equivilant

Skyline_TnL
5 - Atom

Hello,

I am having an issue with making an equivalent to the VLOOKUP approximate match in Alteryx.

 

Formula example: =VLOOKUP(B2,Calendar!A:C,3,TRUE)

B2 = Assigned Date = 8/14/2025

 

I need it to join the tables together so that I can return the check date of 8/29/2025 dynamically.

BeginsEndsCheck DateWK #
7/12/20257/25/202508/01/2531
7/26/20258/8/202508/15/2533
8/9/20258/22/202508/29/2535
8/23/20259/5/202509/12/2537


I assume there is a formula I just can't wrap my head around it, and I don't know how to join the two data sets together without an exact match on the joins.  

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Yoshiro_Fujimori
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Hi @Skyline_TnL ,

I would APPEND the [Assigned Date] with the date range table and filter with the [Begins] and [Ends] fields as below;

 

Multi Field Formula

This is to convert the dates to Date Type.

DateTimeParse([_CurrentField_],"%m/%d/%Y")

 

Filter

[Assigned Date] >= [Begins] AND
[Assigned Date] <= [Ends]

 

Workflow

Skyline_TnL_workflow.png

 

Output

Assigned DateBeginsEndsCheck DateWK #
2025-08-142025-08-092025-08-222025-08-2935

 

I hope this helps. Good luck.

Peter_Guirguis
6 - Meteoroid

Hey @Skyline_TnL  - one way to attempt this is try the formula tool using a "Between" function. 
results -1 means True and 0 means False. 

Peter_Guirguis_0-1764114212466.png

 

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