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Anonymous
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month year

‎10-10-2019 05:58 AM

Hello Expert,

i have used funciton for creating month year calculation but how to add this into hirarchy to get unique results

Format('Table 3'[Date],"MMM-YY")

Shree

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‎10-15-2019 10:23 AM

It seems Youa re formating as Text. so Power BI will not detect this as Date to display as Hierarchy.

Format('Table 3'[Date],"MMM-YY")

 

Add another column

Test1 = DATES[Date] then Set DataType as Date/Time 
Format: March 2001 (MMMM yyyy)

 

You might find this below link useful.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Date-Display-Formats/td-p/2145

 

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parry2k
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‎10-10-2019 06:07 AM

@Anonymous can you explain bit more what you mean by adding to hierarchy?



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‎10-10-2019 09:43 AM

this is calendar table script

Table2 = CALENDAR(DATE(2016,1,1),DATE(2019,12,31))

from which i am able to get readily avl  hirerarchy but how to add newly created above column into that so that i will get month and year also hirerarchy

 

shree

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‎10-14-2019 05:09 AM

Hello Expert,
1st step to create calendar using below mentioned scripts . which will give hirachy also

Table2 = CALENDAR(DATE(2016,1,1),DATE(2019,12,31))

2nd step create a column 
Format('Table 3'[Date],"MMM-YY")

and add month- year column in hirarchy or tell me the alternate step where we can add month-year column in hirarchy

 

Shree

 

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‎10-15-2019 08:30 AM

suggestions pls

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‎10-15-2019 10:23 AM

It seems Youa re formating as Text. so Power BI will not detect this as Date to display as Hierarchy.

Format('Table 3'[Date],"MMM-YY")

 

Add another column

Test1 = DATES[Date] then Set DataType as Date/Time 
Format: March 2001 (MMMM yyyy)

 

You might find this below link useful.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Date-Display-Formats/td-p/2145

 

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