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ODATA date filter where SQL column is string format

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Posted on by DSFlemming 119

Hi everyone

I'm using Get Rows v2 on a table where the 'StartDate' column is varchar and formatted as yyyy-MM-dd.

 

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I need to filter the upcomnig week's data and I expect I'll be working with someting like StartDate le adddays(utcNow(),7,'yyyy-MM-dd') but I'm not sure how to modify the table's 'StartDate' column in the ODATA query to make it workable.

 

Any advice greatly appreciated.

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    v-xiaochen-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @DSFlemming ,

     

    You could use Filter action.

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    formatDateTime(item()?['StartDate'],'yyyy-MM-dd')
    adddays(utcNow(),7,'yyyy-MM-dd') 
     
    Best Regards,
    Wearsky
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    DSFlemming 119 on at

    That's great Wearsky. Just what I needed. Thanks for the tip.

    Regards, Dale

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