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zorobin33
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8 years ago
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COMBINEVALUES function not shown in drop down menu

Hi, 

I was trying to create a new calculated column called Period that joins the Month Number of Year and Calendar Year columns together by writing the following dax formula 

COMBINEVALUES("0", dimCalendar[CalendarYear], dimCalendar[MonthNumberOfYear])

However, I was not able to find the COMBINEVALUES function in the drop down menu and got errors for the above expression. 

Any idea why this particular function isn't available in powerpivot?

Thanks in advance. 

 

Regards, 

Angel 

  • I believe that's a relatively new function so may not have made its way into your version of Excel. Can you just do:

     

    Column = dimCalendar[CalendarYear] & "0" & dimCalendar[MonthNumberOfYear]
  • hello zorobin33,

     

    COMBINEVALUES ( ) is a text function, So change your [CalendarYear] & [MonthNumberOfYear] to text.

     

    I believe you're trying to achieve '201805' as a period id, correct?

     

    If that is the case, you could do something like:

    Column = Table4[Year]*100+Table4[Month]

     

     

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion

    I believe that's a relatively new function so may not have made its way into your version of Excel. Can you just do:

     

    Column = dimCalendar[CalendarYear] & "0" & dimCalendar[MonthNumberOfYear]
  • ChrisMendoza's avatar
    ChrisMendoza
    Resident Rockstar

    hello zorobin33,

     

    COMBINEVALUES ( ) is a text function, So change your [CalendarYear] & [MonthNumberOfYear] to text.

     

    I believe you're trying to achieve '201805' as a period id, correct?

     

    If that is the case, you could do something like:

    Column = Table4[Year]*100+Table4[Month]

     

     

    • zorobin33's avatar
      zorobin33
      New Member

      Hi Dozer, 

      Yes that was what I intended to do. Thanks for your help!