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Anonymous
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calculating financial year quarters

Hi All

 

I am getting a error in caculating Quarters like this

Can you help me identify

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FY Qtr = SWITCH(TRUE(),
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=1,"Q4",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=3,"Q4",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=3,"Q4",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=4,"Q1",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=5,"Q1",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=6,"Q1",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=7,"Q2",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=8,"Q2",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=9,"Q2",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=10,"Q3",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=11,"Q3",
MONTH(financials[Date].[Month])=12,"Q3",BLANK() )
 
Error says "Cannot convert December to type text to type date"
 
 
 
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Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

You can create your Quarter Column as follows:

Quarter = 
VAR __M = MONTH ( financials[Date] )
RETURN

SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    __M IN {1,2,3} , "Q4",
    __M IN {4,5,6} , "Q1",
    __M IN {7,8,9} , "Q2",
    __M IN {10,11,12} , "Q3"
)
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v-cazheng-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

 

Noticed that you have resolved your issue by yourself, right? Could you please mark your solution by Accept as solution to help the other members find it more quickly. Thanks in advance!

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun

 

 

Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

You can create your Quarter Column as follows:

Quarter = 
VAR __M = MONTH ( financials[Date] )
RETURN

SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    __M IN {1,2,3} , "Q4",
    __M IN {4,5,6} , "Q1",
    __M IN {7,8,9} , "Q2",
    __M IN {10,11,12} , "Q3"
)
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