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MonkeyBoy
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date no hierarchy

‎03-13-2016 04:47 PM

Complete beginner question. Using Power BI Desktop, connected to a SQL Server database with a database datetime field called ReferenceDate. On the Modelling tab, this field shows as a "Date" Date Type and the formatting is showing the date format I require. All is good.

 

However when I drag that field into the Axis field, it doesn't create a hierarchy. I've read that hierarchies automatically appear for date and/or time fields but it's not working for me. Am I missing something?

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Greg_Deckler
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‎03-13-2016 05:43 PM

Sorry, by Tabular I was referring to SSAS (SQL Server Analytics Services) or basically a cube. Although a cube is not actually Tabular. In any event, the question was directed toward whether or not you were using DirectQuery. I highly suspect that is the issue. Using DirectQuery puts a fair number of limitations in place. I just tried this with a simple SQL database table and it worked just fine. I suspect that if you import the data versus use DirectQuery that it would work just fine.


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