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kumarleau
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Advance Editor dateadd function issue

Hi,

 

I am trying to do add a calculate column through advance editor by adding dateadd function to the date column.

It is giving me error that dateadd function was not recognized.

Please help me on this issue.

 

Regards,

Kumar

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v-ljerr-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @kumarleau,

 

It seems to be that you may mix DAX and Power Query(M). DATEADD function is a DAX function, so it cannot be used in Query Editor. You should use it under Modeling tab like below. Smiley Happy

 

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Regards

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Apparently you didn't understand the reply.

 

DATEADD is a DAX function. You can't use DAX functions in the query editor.

 

Instead, try Power Query (M) function Date.AddYears

 

Power Query (M) and DAX are 2 completely different languages within Power BI.

Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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v-ljerr-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @kumarleau,

 

It seems to be that you may mix DAX and Power Query(M). DATEADD function is a DAX function, so it cannot be used in Query Editor. You should use it under Modeling tab like below. Smiley Happy

 

c1.PNG

 

Regards

Hi,

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

let
    Source = Sql.Database("ebi-etl-dev-01", "dbname"),
    dbo_Report_Booking_Live = Source{[Schema="dbo",Item="Report_Booking_Live"]}[Data],
    OpportunityCreatedDate1 = dbo_Report_Booking_Live[OpportunityCreatedDate]
    OpportunityCreatedDate2=DateAdd(opportunityCreatedDate,-1,year)
in
    OpportunityCreatedDate1

Apparently you didn't understand the reply.

 

DATEADD is a DAX function. You can't use DAX functions in the query editor.

 

Instead, try Power Query (M) function Date.AddYears

 

Power Query (M) and DAX are 2 completely different languages within Power BI.

Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)
kumarleau
Frequent Visitor

Hello Experts, Any this.

 

Regards,

Kumar

@kumarleau,

 

Could you please share your sample code here?

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