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Hi Everyone,
I have a question on how to format a realtime dataset with a date field. I'm using a realtime dataset and I have a Timestamp column which contains timestamps for the different data points. I want to be able to visualise this on a bar chart or a line graph with the date as the x-axis. Instead of the actual time being shown on the x-axis, i want to summarise the datapoints by day.
i.e. on the x-axis, i want to see 17 Sept, 18 Sept, etc instead of 1.00pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm, etc. Then Y axis i want to see the values pertaining to each day. I can only see the date if i hover of the data points.
Because I can't create calculated columns and i can't manipulate the column like i usually would with normal datasets, i'm not sure on how to format.
Does anyone know how to move past this? Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks so much in advance.
@Anonymous In desktop, go to "Model" view, select DateTime field in "Fields" list then view "Properties".
Look for Date time format, select "Custom" and define custom format as mm/yy. Now the chart should show in mm/yy format.
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Hi @amitjzaveri ,
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, because i'm working with a realtime dataset (via stream analytics), i don't get access to the 'model' view. Because of this, i'm struggling to work out a way to format the time into a date format for my visuals.
@Anonymous , Do you see the format option of the Column tool or measure tool?
But this will just display format, data group might remain at the date level
@amitchandak Hi Amit, thanks for your response. Yes i can see it but unforunately i can't change the formatting. Thanks anyway.
Hi @Anonymous ,
Sorry for that the live connection mode has a lot of restrictions.
If you want to see the value in each day, you need to create a new date column without time.
But Power BI cannot create a calcualte column with live connection.
We suggest to change to the import mode, or you need to add a new date column in your data source.
Best regards,
Community Support Team _ zhenbw
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