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Need to Find the Months Between Two Dates

ashleyinman
8 - Asteroid

I have the data attached. 

I'm looking to find all the months between the created date and the delv date. 

Ex.

Order Created DateDelv DateLine NumberlocNumberqty
3/30/20186/14/20181.110100001

 

 

This is what I would like it to show. I do not want to show the month of the Delv Date. 

Order Created DateDelv DateLine NumberlocNumberqtyMonths Between
3/30/20186/14/20181.110100001Mar-18
3/30/20186/14/20181.110100001Apr-18
3/30/20186/14/20181.110100001May-18

 

I have tried using a generate rows tool but I keep getting the error "The value did not change after the Loop Expression"

Initialization Expression: [Order Created Date]

Condition Expression: [Order Created Date] < [Delv Date]

Loop Expression: DateTimeAdd([Order Created Date],1,'months')

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jdunkerley79
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

I would suggest a generate rows tool creating a new Date field with formula:

 

Init: DateTimeTrim([Order Created Date],"firstofmonth")
Condition: [MonthsBetween] < DateTimeTrim([Delv Date],"firstofmonth")
Loop: DateTimeAdd([MonthsBetween],1,"months")

 

 

This will produce a column of 1st of the months. You can then use a DateTime tool to format as MMM-YY

 

Sample attached

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