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RENAME THE FIELD BASED ON DATES

Ronal_bal
8 - Asteroid

Hi,

 

I've many fields with dates as there header.

 

eg: attached screenshot.

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I want create a formula in dynamic rename tool which will add the word 'actual' to the prefix of the dates which are less than today's date.

 

any help will be grate

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DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hey @Ronal_bal, this expression ought to do it:

 

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IF [_CurrentField_] < DateTimeToday() THEN 'Actual_'+[_CurrentField_] ELSE [_CurrentField_] ENDIF
npariso
10 - Fireball

Hi @Ronal_bal here is the formula that will get you to your solution.

IF [_CurrentField_] < DateTimeNow()
THEN "Actual "+[_CurrentField_]
ELSE [_CurrentField_]
ENDIF

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