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Anonymous
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calcaute total hours

Hi,
 
im trying to calcuate total hours of the duration which is HH:MM:SS format in excel, i changedthe type to duration in power query applied following DAX, but couldnt get the result. please help I'm a beginner to PBI
 
Total Hrs = CALCULATE(SUMX(BWay_Data,BWay_Data[Time Duration of the call]),BWay_Data[Lead Status])
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

It is beacause that in Power Query Editor, there are two data types not currently present in Data or Report View: Date/Time/Timezone and Duration.

When a column with these data types is loaded into the model and viewed in Data or Report view, a column with a Date/Time/Timezone data type will be converted into a Date/Time, and a column with a Duration data type is converted into a Decimal Number, such as 0.00:00:00 (D.HH:MM:SS).

You'll likely need to write a measure to format exactly how you want.

Sample data: 0.18:01:00

Measure:

Measure = FORMAT(MAX('Table'[Column1]),"hh:nn:ss")

vxiaosunmsft_4-1669280029997.png

 

Or you can use the following formula to create a custom column in Power Query to return the total hours.

= Duration.TotalHours([Column1])

vxiaosunmsft_2-1669279851645.png

vxiaosunmsft_3-1669279876308.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ xiaosun

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Anonymous
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Pls find below

 

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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

It is beacause that in Power Query Editor, there are two data types not currently present in Data or Report View: Date/Time/Timezone and Duration.

When a column with these data types is loaded into the model and viewed in Data or Report view, a column with a Date/Time/Timezone data type will be converted into a Date/Time, and a column with a Duration data type is converted into a Decimal Number, such as 0.00:00:00 (D.HH:MM:SS).

You'll likely need to write a measure to format exactly how you want.

Sample data: 0.18:01:00

Measure:

Measure = FORMAT(MAX('Table'[Column1]),"hh:nn:ss")

vxiaosunmsft_4-1669280029997.png

 

Or you can use the following formula to create a custom column in Power Query to return the total hours.

= Duration.TotalHours([Column1])

vxiaosunmsft_2-1669279851645.png

vxiaosunmsft_3-1669279876308.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ xiaosun

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

FreemanZ
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can you show the PQ-processed table?

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