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Dax- Get month number only from Month

Hello World, 
I have a column with just month. No date . I want create a new column "Month Number". 
How do I create it? 

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ValtteriN
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Hi,

I assume you have the month in a format like "January"? You can create a mapping table and use that or create a dax like this:

Column = SWITCH('Table (17)'[Column1],
"January",1,
"February",2,
"March",3
//... continue this logic
"December",12
)


Example:

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Anonymous
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@ValtteriN Thank you very much Sir. 

ValtteriN
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I assume you have the month in a format like "January"? You can create a mapping table and use that or create a dax like this:

Column = SWITCH('Table (17)'[Column1],
"January",1,
"February",2,
"March",3
//... continue this logic
"December",12
)


Example:

ValtteriN_0-1670601263562.png

 







Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Super User!




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