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DMV MDSCHEMA_CUBES
- 2 years ago
There is a way to convert the utc to client locale timestamp.
$SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_CUBES returns timestamp in utc as the pbi server is in utc. The Analysis server does not have any built-in server offset function either in DAX/MDX/DMV ( I would be very happy to be proved wrong). So therfore, there is no way to utilize any SSAS function to convert server timezone to a prefereed timezone LIKE MIGHTY SQL.
The first step is to create a datamart, even if there is no data ingested in it. The purpose of this datamart is to be able to take advantage of the SQL server that comes with it as SQL server has built-in TIMEZONE functions. So in my case I would do it like this
let col = [dateTime] yr = Text.From(Date.Year(col)), month = Text.End("0"&Text.From(Date.Month(col)),2), day = Text.End("0"&Text.From(Date.Day(col)),2), hour = Text.End("0"&Text.From(Time.Hour(col)),2), minute = Text.End("0"&Text.From(Time.Minute(col)),2), second = Text.From(Time.Second(col)), val = yr&"-"&month&"-"&day&" "&hour&":"&minute&":"&second // 2024-05-31 17:07:41.373 // could I have avoided generating val in PQ? yes, if DMV had support for CAST/CONVERT /* BUT The query engine for DMVs is the Data Mining parser. The DMV query syntax is based on the SELECT (DMX) statement. Although DMV query syntax is based on a SQL SELECT statement, it does not support the full syntax of a SELECT statement. Notably, JOIN, GROUP BY, LIKE, CAST, and CONVERT are not supported.*/ /* hence, PQ is required to generate val */ in Sql.Database("server.datamart.fabric.microsoft.com", "db", [Query="select CONVERT(DATETIME,convert(datetime,'"&Text.From(val)&"') AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AT TIME ZONE 'Eastern Standard Time') as t"])[t]{0}and this checks out on the server too
Power BI Service runs on UTC. Base all your reports on it too.
I am pretty sure you are not even on EST, but on EDT.
lbendlin gr8 thnx, do you know how can I convert this tinestamp to client ttimestamp.
- lbendlin2 years ago
Super User
You don't. Let the client's browser locale settings do it for you.
- smpa012 years ago
Community Champion
lbendlin I am sorry, I am not understanding. This is what i am currently getting, which is UTC. How do I let the browser local settings have it converted to EDT
- lbendlin2 years ago
Super User
In your Power Query indicate that column as DateTimeZone and specify it as UTC.
RADACAD has a couple of articles on this topic.