Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Realtime Dataset - how to format date field

Hi Everyone, hope you're staying safe. 

 

I have a question on how to format a realtime dataset with a date field. I'm using a realtime dataset and I have a Timestamp column which contains timestamps for the different data points. I want to be able to visualise this on a bar chart or a line graph with the date as the x-axis. Instead of the actual time being shown on the x-axis, i want to summarise the datapoints by day. 

 

i.e. on the x-axis, i want to see 17 Sept, 18 Sept, etc instead of 1.00pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm, etc. Then Y axis i want to see the values pertaining to each day. I can only see the date if i hover of the data points. 

 

Because I can't create calculated columns and i can't manipulate the column like i usually would with normal datasets, i'm not sure on how to format. 


Is anyone able to help? any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks so much in advance. 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
lbendlin
Super User
Super User

I think that depends on the frequency of your new row submission and the filters on your visuals.  Here is an example of a submission every 15 minutes and a display range of five days.

 

lbendlin_0-1600395138580.png

 

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
lbendlin
Super User
Super User

I think that depends on the frequency of your new row submission and the filters on your visuals.  Here is an example of a submission every 15 minutes and a display range of five days.

 

lbendlin_0-1600395138580.png

 

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.