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Change month name language
Two ways
1. Go to file > options and settings > options > regional setting > select spanish
Save and close it . Then open
if it will not help u . U have to create one calculated column to replace the old column with same name.
Column = var Month_Name = FORMAT( 'date_field'[fecha]; "mm" )
return switch ( true(),
Month_Name=1, "Jan in Spanish"
.
.
.
etc
)
Resident RockstarTwo ways
1. Go to file > options and settings > options > regional setting > select spanish
Save and close it . Then open
if it will not help u . U have to create one calculated column to replace the old column with same name.
Column = var Month_Name = FORMAT( 'date_field'[fecha]; "mm" )
return switch ( true(),
Month_Name=1, "Jan in Spanish"
.
.
.
etc
)
Thanks for the info. The regional setting didn't work. So I have used a calculated column.
Mes = SWITCH(MONTH('table[fecha]);1;"Enero";2;"Febrero";3;"Marzo";4;"Abril";5;"Mayo";6;"Junio";7;"Julio";8;"Agosto";9;"Septiembre";10;"Octubre";11;"Noviembre";12;"Diciembre")
- Baskar
Cool , Let me know if any help
- austinsense
Impactful Individual
The FORMAT() function in DAX works a lot like the TEXT() function in Excel - maybe this helps http://excelribbon.tips.net/T011782_Specifying_a_Language_for_the_TEXT_Function.html
Hello,
I am using SSAS, and I swear to god, I am using different language codes and the month always appears in Polish.
Hi Baskar.
Just wanted to correct on your code example and give some variations to people.
In Power BI using comma as shown in example gives you an error, use semicolon ("Date" is the date column aka FulldateAlternateKey):
Normal Switch statement in-line
SpanishMonth = SWITCH(MONTH([Date]); 1; "Enero"; 2; "Febrero"; 3; "Marzo"; 4; "Abril"
; 5; "Mayo"; 6; "Junio"; 7; "Julio"; 8; "Agosto"
; 9; "Septiembre"; 10; "Octubre"; 11; "Noviembre"; 12; "Diciembre"
; "Unknown month number" )
Other examples passing string or integer with variable, note that an error will be flagged If you don't use the same data type in the switch comparison:
Switch on String Value
SpanishMonth2= var Month_Name = FORMAT([Date]; "m")
//"mm" returns "01", "02" etc. which will not compare to string value "1", "2" etc.
return switch ( true();
Month_Name="1"; "Enero";
Month_Name="2"; "Febrero")
Switch on Integer Value
SpanishMonth3 = var Month_Name = MONTH([Date]) //MONTH returns Integer.
return switch ( true();
Month_Name=1; "Enero";
Month_Name=2; "Febrero")
CJDKHelper II
For combined month and year column, I used Anonymous method (thanks!) as follows:
- Created RussianMonth column as above.
- Created Year column from Date column.
- Created Russian month and year column:
RUS_Month_Year = COMBINEVALUES(" ", [RussianMonth], [Year])
thanks that worked for me, wish you could define the language schema like in sql so all the results use that schema.:smileyhappy:
