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driplytics
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Get Days of the week from number 1 to 7

My dataset has no date column, but contains Dayofweek  from Number 1 to 7.

I want to Create a Column that Returns Monday to Friday instead.

 I had to use IF then Function (like shown in the image below) to get this. But i Know there is a better and more efficient way to get this using a simple Dax formula.

Probably, takes the Number like 1 and Return Monday in a column. i would appreciate if i could get your suggestions

 


Day of the week.png

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v-jianboli-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @driplytics ,

 

As @tamerj1  mentioned before, you can use switch like this:

 

Weekday =
SWITCH (
    [DayOfWeek],
    1, "Monday",
    2, "Tuesday",
    3, "Wedensday",
    4, "Thursday",
    5, "Friday",
    6, "Saturday",
    7, "Sunday"
)

 

Output:

vjianbolimsft_0-1657523346424.png

 

Also, you can create a new table like this:

 

Table =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
    CALENDAR ( TODAY (), TODAY () + 6 ),
    "Weekday", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
    "DayOfWeek", WEEKDAY ( [Date], 2 )
)

 

Output:

vjianbolimsft_1-1657523346424.png

 

 

Best Regards,

Jianbo Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-jianboli-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @driplytics ,

 

As @tamerj1  mentioned before, you can use switch like this:

 

Weekday =
SWITCH (
    [DayOfWeek],
    1, "Monday",
    2, "Tuesday",
    3, "Wedensday",
    4, "Thursday",
    5, "Friday",
    6, "Saturday",
    7, "Sunday"
)

 

Output:

vjianbolimsft_0-1657523346424.png

 

Also, you can create a new table like this:

 

Table =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
    CALENDAR ( TODAY (), TODAY () + 6 ),
    "Weekday", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
    "DayOfWeek", WEEKDAY ( [Date], 2 )
)

 

Output:

vjianbolimsft_1-1657523346424.png

 

 

Best Regards,

Jianbo Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

tamerj1
Super User
Super User

@driplytics 

You can use SWITCH function 

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