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Anonymous
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Mark as date

I would like to mark as date a column to create a map too show the variation of the defect number. 

I can't do it : when I select the column I want as date an error appears: 

"The date column must have unique values. The date column can't have differences between dates". I don't get this message. 

What can I do? 

Thanks for your help

  • You need to create a date table with unique continuous vales of dates covering the range of dates in the model. You can do this in Power Query or by creating a new table using the DAX functions CALENDAR or CALENDARAUTO. 
    Do you have sample data or PBIX file?

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  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion

    You need to create a date table with unique continuous vales of dates covering the range of dates in the model. You can do this in Power Query or by creating a new table using the DAX functions CALENDAR or CALENDARAUTO. 
    Do you have sample data or PBIX file?

  • V-lianl-msft's avatar
    V-lianl-msft
    Community Support

    You could create a calculated table with CALENDAR function or CALENDARAUTO function.
    Calendar table =  CALENDAR(MIN('table'[date]), MAX('table'[date]))

    Then you could create the relationships between the Calendar table and your original table.