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admin11
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convert 6 Jan 2021 to  format DD/MM/YYY that is 6=06/01/2021 Get error msg

Hi All

 

I need to convert 6 Jan 2021 to  format DD/MM/YYY that is 6=06/01/2021

 

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I have try below expression :-

 

DATE = DATE = DATE (
    RIGHT ( SALES_T[AR Invoice Date], 4 ),
    LEFT ( SALES_T[AR Invoice Date], 2 ),
    MID ( SALES_T[AR Invoice Date], 4, 2 )
)
 
I get below error msg :-
The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value.
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Hope some one can advise me where go wrong ?

 

Below link is my PBI sample file :-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ef4ms3gx8208k5/PBTI_V011.pbix?dl=0

 

Paul

 

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parry2k
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@admin11 if AR Invoice Date is already a date type, you don't need to create another one for the format, just use custom format Use custom format strings in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs and set it the way you want or add another column with the following but be careful, it will be treated as a text not a date 

 

New Date Column = FORMAT ( Table[AR Invoice Date], "dd/mm/yyyy" )

 

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admin11
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Hi All

 
My date is :- 06 Jan 2021 & 09 Jan 2021 , It return as :- /2/1//2021
 
Due to my below expression is not correct :-
 
DATE = MID(SALES_I[AR Invoice Date],4,2) &"/"& LEFT(SALES_I[AR Invoice Date],2) & "/" & RIGHT(SALES_I[AR Invoice Date],4)
 
My Sample PBI file :-
 
Hope some one can share where go wrong ?
 
Paul Yeo
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Duplicate of the post - community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/convert-6-Jan-2021-to-format-DD-MM-YYY-that-is-6-06-01-2021-Get/m-p/2255715#M820400 

 

@admin11 not fully sure what the issue is? why not change the type of AR Invoice Date as date type in PQ?



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@parry2k 

 

Thank you very much for look at my post.

 

I have create new post as below :-

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/convert-6-Jan-2021-to-format-DD-MM-YYY-that-is-6-06-01-2021...

 

Paul

 

parry2k
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@admin11 if AR Invoice Date is already a date type, you don't need to create another one for the format, just use custom format Use custom format strings in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs and set it the way you want or add another column with the following but be careful, it will be treated as a text not a date 

 

New Date Column = FORMAT ( Table[AR Invoice Date], "dd/mm/yyyy" )

 

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Learn about conditional formatting at Microsoft Reactor

My latest blog post The Power of Using Calculation Groups with Inactive Relationships (Part 1) (perytus.com) I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

 

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@parry2k 

Thank you very much , it work 

Paul

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