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Chelseaa
7 - Meteor

Hi all, im pretty new to alteryx and i need some help: 

 

This is my input file:

NameDepartmentTeamSub-teamTag to projectJan20Feb20Mar20Apr20May20Jun20Jul20Aug20Sep20Oct20Nov20Dec20Jan21
JohnAA1A1-1 1111100000000
JohnAA1A1-2 0000011110000
JohnBB1B1-3 0000000001111
SamCC1C1-2C0001111111111
SamCC1C1-2B000-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
SamCC1C1-2A0111111110000
MaryBB2B2-1B0000011111110
MaryAA2A2-1 0000000000001

 

Context: I am trying to track the movement of the people in the company based on the current month (i.e. November 20) and each line/row represents 1 movement, and "0" or "-1" means that this person is not longer in that particular department, team, sub-team & tagging to project for the month.

eg. For JOHN: 

row 1: John was in Dept A, Team A1, subteam A1-1, and not tagged to any project, from Jan20 to May20 [old movement]

row 2: then John moved to Dept A, Team A1, subteam A1-2, and not tagged to any project, from Jun20 to Sep20 [old movement]

row 3: then John moved to Dept B, Team B1, subteam B1-3, and not tagged to any project, from Oct20 to Jan21 [current movement]

 

eg. for SAM:

row4: Sam is in Dept C, Team C1, subteam C1-2, tagged to project C, from Apr20 to Jan 21 [current movement]

row 5: Sam was in Dept C, Team C1, subteam C1-2, tagged to project B, from Apr20 to Jan 21 [old movement]

row 6: Sam was in Dept C, Team C1, subteam C1-2, tagged to project !, from Feb20 to Jan 21 [old movement]

--> from Sam example, we can see that the sequence of events is jumbled up, Row 6 happened first, then Row 5 then Row 4

 

**for row 5 &6, Sam, note: the -1 means that he is being removed from the tagging of project A (because -1) and that line is tagged to project B because we want to have a -1 line under Project B (for internal calculations)

 

This is the output i desire - column in red, i want to identify which lines/row are the old movement or New (current), any future movements are considered as New/current movements too:

NameDepartmentTeamSub-teamTag to projectJan20Feb20Mar20Apr20May20Jun20Jul20Aug20Sep20Oct20Nov20Dec20Jan21Old/New?
JohnAA1A1-1 1111100000000old
JohnAA1A1-2 0000011110000old
JohnBB1B1-3 0000000001111new
SamCC1C1-2C0001111111111new
SamCC1C1-2B000-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1old
SamCC1C1-2A0111111110000old
MaryBB2B2-1B0000011111110new
MaryAA2A2-1 0000000000001new

 

I have thought of using Multi Row as a tool but i am not sure if this is the correct tool to use ..? and i also have no idea how to frame the conditions

 

EDIT: Mary has 2 "New" because her 2nd line is a forecasted movement, so she is forecasted to move to a new team in Jan21 (she will be in the first team from Jan20 to Dec20 then move to another team in Jan21), so moving to another team creates another line/row.

 

 

Thank you all in advance, really appreciate your help! 🙂 apologies that it is a long wall of text.

 

 

 

 

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Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@Chelseaa 
Seems very complicated.😁
Why Mary gets two "new"?

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @Chelseaa 

 

I donno i applied a simple logic i am getting output same as yours. It might be the right approach but please do take a look.

 

atcodedog05_0-1605245361759.png

 

Hope this helps🙂

Chelseaa
7 - Meteor

Hi @Qiu! 

 

Thanks for taking the time out to read my problem 🙂

 

Mary has 2 "New" because her 2nd line is a forecasted movement, so she is forecasted to move to a new team in Jan21 (she will be in the first team from Jan20 to Dec20 then move to another team in Jan21), so moving to another team creates another line/row

Chelseaa
7 - Meteor

hi @atcodedog05

 

Thanks for the attempt but that is not what i am looking for.

 

The "New" or "Old" is dependent on the current month we are in right now. Eg. it is november now and i would like to find out the movement for each person (whether its old or new) so i cannot use that logic 😞

Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@Chelseaa 
I hope I get your logic correct.
Kindly check and give comments.

1113-Chelseaa.PNG

Chelseaa
7 - Meteor

@Qiu 

 

Yes it works!! Thank you so much for your help!!! life savior 😆

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Amazing job @Qiu 😎👍

Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@Chelseaa 

Very glad to help.

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