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Data Does Not Contain Certain Dates Resulting in "Blank" in Slicer

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:43:51 GMT

Hi,

I have multiple tables that I want to connect so I could do yearly comparison analysis across. So I created a Date table as the connector using this formula:

Dates = Calendarauto()

But when I want to slice them, some tables where I have created connection with the Date Table are not affected by the filter. When investigated I found this:

Some dates does not exist in my data which exist in Date Table. So my slicer contains "(Blank)"

I have checked date format and tables data. They are clear. What should I do to be able to filter those affected tables and get rid of the blank?

Re: Data Does Not Contain Certain Dates Resulting in "Blank" in Slicer

amitchandak — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 05:39:06 GMT

Anonymous , Make sure you create a calendar with all dates

You can use calendar

Calendar(date(2018,01,01), date(year(today()),12,31) )

Re: Data Does Not Contain Certain Dates Resulting in "Blank" in Slicer

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:25:53 GMT

Hi,

thank you for responding. I still face the same issue.

The first column that you see as "Due Date" came from one of the data table while "Year", "Quater", "Month" and "Day" comes from the Date Table that I have constructed (No issue on this).

Issue is that, my data has 'Due date' indicated but it is not categorized under the calendar date but instead lump into "Blank" filter.

Could it be because it is duplicate date?

Re: Data Does Not Contain Certain Dates Resulting in "Blank" in Slicer

amitchandak — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:40:54 GMT

Anonymous , If you dues date us joined with date table(Hope it does not have timestamp)

1. If due date has timestamp create a only date field to join with date table Datevalue([Due Date])

2. If due date has null/blank value, system will dhow that

3. if calendar has less dates, then when plot due date and date from calendar , calendar date will show blank

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