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Anonymous
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Bins not working on Date/Time field

Have a field in date/time format that won't create a visual when a new bin group is created on that field. Receiving an error:

 

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waltheed
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Are you using a direct query connection to Oracle?

 

This may be a post to take a look at:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/ORA-00904-Error-when-loading-batches-using-Direct-Query-on-a...

 

But in my opinion, you only need a direct query connection if you need to show (near) real-time data. In all other cases Import data is the way to go. 

Cheers, Edgar Walther
ITsmart BI and Analytics consultant
Anonymous
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Yes, using a direct query connection as you mentioned we were hoping to use it for fairly real-time data.

 

Didn't see anything immediately in the post shared but will continue to dive into it, thank you.

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