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Luci7
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3 years ago
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Cannot create a Time Intelligence Measure in the Warehouse

  Hey everyone,   Good day! I've run into a weird scenario. In Power BI Desktop, I was able to create quick measures, especially the time intelligence ones. But the moment I throw the DAX into the...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi Luci7 ,

    We have an update from internal team.

     

    If the two datasets have a different structure, its okay for the syntax to be different.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-auto-date-time#work-with-auto-datetime 

    In Power BI Desktop, a valid measure expression could read:

    DAXCopy

    Date Count = COUNT(Sales[OrderDate].[Date])

    Note:

    While this measure expression is valid in Power BI Desktop, it's not correct DAX syntax. Internally, Power BI Desktop transposes your expression to reference the true (hidden) auto date/time table column.


    Hope this is helpful.

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Luci7
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2 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

 

Thank you for the welcome and for your reply!

 

I thought would be useful to put my question here because the error I am only getting an error using this formula in Fabric, not Power BI Desktop. In Power BI Desktop I am using this formula successfully and it can be found in the "quick measure" part. 

There, in Power BI Desktop I don't get any error, but in Fabric, using the same formula, I got an error and Fabric doesn't recognize my date column as a date type, because it gives me an error when I try to use formulas related to date, like for example, DATEADD. 

Could you please inform if you use, in Fabric, any function related to time in a date colum type? It worked?

 

Thank you for your help!

Kind regards

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Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi Luci7 ,

I am able to use DAX DATEADD() in my Fabric Warehouse without any error.
Can you please cross verify your syntax and also try to share few screenshots in order to identify exact issue. 

 

Working with DAX DATEADD():


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    Luci7
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    2 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    I doubled checked and you're right, if we use:

     

     DATEADD('table'[column], -1, MONTH)

    It works in Fabric, but if you go to Power BI Deskto the correct syntax is

     

     DATEADD('table'[column].[Date], -1, MONTH)

     

    Do you know if Microsoft is changing the Time Intelligence DAX syntax in Fabric?

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      2 years ago

      Hi Luci7 ,

      Thanks for using Fabric Community and reporting this . 

      I have reached for the internal team for help on this. I will update you once I hear from them.

      Appreciate your patience.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        2 years ago

        Hi Luci7 ,

        We have an update from internal team.

         

        If the two datasets have a different structure, its okay for the syntax to be different.

        https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-auto-date-time#work-with-auto-datetime 

        In Power BI Desktop, a valid measure expression could read:

        DAXCopy

        Date Count = COUNT(Sales[OrderDate].[Date])

        Note:

        While this measure expression is valid in Power BI Desktop, it's not correct DAX syntax. Internally, Power BI Desktop transposes your expression to reference the true (hidden) auto date/time table column.


        Hope this is helpful.