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Nekkar
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4 years ago
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Dax data type identyfication, data type format change

Hi All, 1) is there any dax function which would help me identify data type of a data in column?      Eg. CheckDataType( 'Data'[Date])   2) I would like to convert values in 2 columns in two tabl...
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    jppv20
    4 years ago

    Hi Nekkar ,

     

    In that case this should work, create a new column:

    NewDate = DATE(RIGHT(Sales[SDate],4),MID(Sales[SDate],4,2),LEFT(Sales[SDate],2))
     
    Jori
     
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jppv20
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4 years ago

Hi Nekkar ,

 

Do you really need this to work using DAX? Otherwise when you select a Column and go to Column tools you can see & edit the Data type here:

 

Jori

 

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