SwiftGlimpse Large A0 Blank Reusable One Month Wall Calendar Wet Erase Laminated Monthly Wall Planner (122cm x 91cm)

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Power Query will only add the days after they are converted to a “duration”. When I made this change, it worked for me as you can see below. I simply added a custom column with the following formula to create this column. =([Fin Year]-2000)*100 + [Fin Month] Inserted Month" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Day Name", "Fin Month", each if Date.Month([Date]) >=7 then Date.Month([Date])-6 else Date.Month([Date])+6 , Int64.Type), Ideally, you'll want your reusable advent calendar to last for years to come. With that in mind, then, look for quality and durable materials – as well as robust designs. Make sure you know, too, how you will be displaying it: will it hang from a sturdy string, for example, or is it free-standing? And it's also a good idea to make sure the drawers aren't too flimsy or small, as there's nothing worse than buying a reusable advent calendar that you can't fit anything in! These eco-friendly advent calendars offer a sustainable way to countdown to Christmas while supporting ethical and environmentally conscious brands. By choosing reusable and refillable options, you can create a greener, more eco-conscious holiday season that brings joy to both you and the planet.

Now of course you need to “know” that this formula exists to be able to use it – but now you know, so you can use it to create your calendar table in power query. At some stage in the future we are all hoping that Microsoft will deliver Intellisense to Power Query ¹. If that ever happens then this type of coding will become a lot easier.For more ideas for an environmentally-friendly Christmas, read our ultimate guide to a sustainable Christmas, start your eco Christmas here with us. Note that the start date is hard coded as 1/1/2016 and the calendar is set to load 100 days. Below I will show you how to make the start date easier to maintain and the end date automatically set to the current date. Start Date mini bars in a mix of four scrumptious flavours (Smooth, Hazelnut, Fruit & Nut, Salted Caramel Truffle) Note: The benefit of invoking the function is that it manages all the syntax and parameters automatically for you using the UI wizard – much easier given there is currently no Intellisense capabilities in Power Query.

Before we dive into the eco-friendly options, you might be wondering what to fill your blank, reusable, or refillable advent calendar with. The possibilities are endless! Here are some of our favourite ideas: Inserted First Characters1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted First Characters", "DDD", each Text.Start([Day Name], 3), type text),Converted to Table" = Table.FromList(Source, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error), Inserted Day Name" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Month Name", "Day Name", each Date.DayOfWeekName([Date]), type text), Designed to be reused every year, wooden and fabric advent calendars make brilliant Christmas decorations. Some are shaped like Christmas trees, while others have been designed to hang along the fireplace (such as this beautiful design from Ginger Ray).

Let’s take a closer look at the best UK eco-friendly advent calendar options, perfect for your green Christmas. Just by looking at the UI above (red box), you can see that there is some strange data format returned. You can probably work out this data is in the format DDD:HH:MM:SS. This “duration” format wont work in the next step I am about to show you, so first I needed to extract an integer portion of the duration so it contains just the days. I did this using a function called Duration.Days below. Alessoa goes on to note that choosing a reusable advent calendar over a disposable one also 'gives you an opportunity to really show the person you are gifting the calendar to that you know them well and you really care about them'. As well as being something you can treasure rather than throw away after using, a fabric advent calendar allows you to choose bespoke token gifts the recipient will love. Whether favourite chocolates, festive nik naks, mini toys, stationery or even little notes with Christmas activity ideas, there is so much scope for how you can make this a personalised advent calendar. Plus, filling your own advent calendar can often be cheaper than buying one from scratch. Now the calendar is done, it is just a matter of copying the code and saving it somewhere so it can be reused later. I keep mine in Microsoft OneNote and just cut and paste it when needed. Just go to the Advanced Editor, copy the code and paste it somewhere for later. Here is my code below. Feel free to copy mine and use it in another Power Query Calendar Table if you like. // Note there are 2 copies of the calendar table here, one for fin year, one for calendar yearGreat. Now the user can manually change the StartDate step to any date, and the calendar will auto grow in length. Actually this code will grow up to yesterday’s date. You can simply add 1 to the Length to make it grow up to and including the current date. I simply replaced this code (3 above) with the actual date (1/1/2016 in this case), and renamed the step StartDate. Note there is no equals sign used, just the date entered as 1/1/2016. This new step called StartDate is a hard coded step in the query that stores the required start date as a scalar value. You can tell it is a scalar value because the results pane below the Formula Bar is displaying the scalar value, not a table (1 below). (Note it is possible to use a parameter instead of a custom step, but this would create an additional query – I prefer to have everything embedded in the same master query). I created columns for fiscal year, quarter, month, etc. so I assume calculating this once, as above, is more efficient than doing the calculation for every fiscal column. (I may be wrong – Microsoft could be optimising the additional recalculations away).

Just to make things difficult, you can’t specify an end date for the calendar. Instead you have to specify how many periods (days in this case) the calendar should run for. I want my calendar to run up to and including the current date every time the calendar is refreshed. This implies I have to find out today’s date and then subtract the start date and hence calculate how many days are required in the calendar.Here is the new code. I also renamed this step to “Length”. You can see in the image below that this is now an integer value. You will be able to choose every item which mean that the person receiving the gift will feel extra special I therefore added an integer based ID column to identify each month over all time. This new column starts at 1 and increases by 1 forever. (Date.Year([Date]) - Date.Year(StartDate))*12 + Date.Month(Date) Copy the Code to Reuse the Power Query calendar table