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6 years ago

Changing which month is first through a dax code

Hello,

i have "months owned" list for a boat engine company who starts their fiscal year in may. I am trying to figure out how I can change powerbi to recognize May as month 1, June as month 2, July as month 3, etc. ; (as opposed to January, Februrary, and March being months 1,2,3)

Can this be done through a dax code?

 

Thanks

 

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
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    6 years ago

    So, yes. Not much information to go on but you could use a SWITCH statement to return whatever values you want for whatever, like this:

     

    My Month =
  SWITCH(MONTH([Date]),
    5,1,
    6,2,
    7,3,
    8,4
    ...
   )

    However, you may get more mileage out of a quick Enter Data and plug in your own information there. In either case, you could use this as a Sort By column.

     

    Really tough to say one way or the other given the information provided.  Please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490