Date formatting in visualisation

[aaronvincentnz]

Hello

I have dates in my raw data that's been formatted as 'mmm yyyy' format, so the raw data looks like this

I've put 'repmonth' as my legend, but it doesnt reflect the same format from the raw data - dates in the legend (as seen below) showing as d/mm/yyyy with the time stamp

Hoping someone can assist so the legend just says 'Jul 2020' etc

Thanks

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@aaronvincentnz , In that case, one is on the axis and another one is a legend. In any case, it better to have date table joined with the date of your table. Other time intelligence stuff will become easy post that.

[aaronvincentnz · Accepted solution]

I managed to find a solution. Thank you

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@aaronvincentnz , In that case, one is on the axis and another one is a legend. In any case, it better to have date table joined with the date of your table. Other time intelligence stuff will become easy post that.

[aaronvincentnz]

ok, thanks, let me see what i can do and i'll come back if i need further assistance

[amitchandak]

@aaronvincentnz , In this it dates and seems like having timestamp too. So data will group at that level

better to have date column

Date = [repdate].date
or
Date = date(year([repdate]),month([repdate]),day([repdate]))

Join this with date table have month year there and use that in visual

Column in date table

Month Year = FORMAT([Date],"mmm-yyyy")
Month Year sort = FORMAT([Date],"yyyymm")
Month Rank = RANKX(ALL('Date'),'Date'[Month Year Sort],,DESC,Dense)

To get the best of the time intelligence function. Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view. Also, join it with the date column of your fact/s. Refer :radacad sqlbi My Video Series Appreciate your Kudos.

[aaronvincentnz]

im trying to replicate the above chart...the blacked out elements are my 'categories' and each category is charted against the month. i want to see of all the 'categories' which are the most important....does that change what you've mentioned above? (I couldn't quite understand how to do what you've suggested above, sorry, novice user)