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ilcaa72
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8 years ago
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power query, Date Type

i opened a table in power Query, the column is date data and comes in as a number field...

 

201805

201804

201803

 

when i convert to date it changes it to, 7/8/2452. Obviously wrong.  What is the best practice to have PQ recognize this as a Date (year month) , what conversions, etc should i perform. thanks

 

in PQ, i seperated the text field into 2 separate columns, then rejoined them with a "/" between the 2 parts.  I then converted to Date (it works). I then deleted the 2 seperated columns.

 

I was wondering if there is a more efficient way to do this in PQ

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

     

     

    In reports tab use DAX: create a new column Date = FORMAT(Table1[Column1],"YYYY-MM")

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    8 years ago

     

     

    In reports tab use DAX: create a new column Date = FORMAT(Table1[Column1],"YYYY-MM")

  • v-piga-msft's avatar
    v-piga-msft
    Resident Rockstar
    8 years ago

    Hi ilcaa72,

     

    You could have a reference of this similar thread which use M query to convert YYYYMM to date type.

     

    There are two solutions in that thread, you could choose one the more efficient.

     

    Best  Regards,

    Cherry

  • v-piga-msft's avatar
    v-piga-msft
    Resident Rockstar
    8 years ago

    Hi ilcaa72,

     

    Have you solved your problem?

     

    If you have solved, please always accept the replies making sense as solution to your question so that people who may have the same question can get the solution directly.

     

    Best  Regards,

    Cherry