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2 date fields in different table
Hi everyone, I am new to Power BI and I will need some help here. I have 3 tables where one is a middle one and the two others has the full data. In the first table I have historical data and in ...
having a calendar table makes your life much easier (because you get to use the time intelligence functions)
you can do those calculations without it but you'll have to write a bit more
look here at this link provided by Matt
http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2015/02/create-a-custom-calendar-in-power-query/
Generally, I just create a separate query to whatever my same data source is and just pull in the dates, remove duplicates and presto, a date table, or use DateStream in the Azure Marketplace. I think there is a way to do it automagically with CALCULATETABLE but I would have to confirm that.