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Anonymous
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Convert month number to month name

Hi Guys,

 

I have a table with month number = 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc... I would like to convert it into month name = Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, etc..

I duplicated the Month number field and used the below script to covert to month name:

Month =
SWITCH (
[Date Granularity.Level 2: Month],
1, "Jan",
2, "Feb",
3, "Mar",
4, "Apr",
5, "May",
6, "Jun",
7, "Jul",
8, "Aug",
9, "Sep",
10, "Oct",
11, "Nov",
12, "Dec",
BLANK ()
)

 

However I am getting the below message: Can anyone tell me what is going in here?

month number.JPG

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Vvelarde
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Anonymous

 

Hi, Switch function is DAX and you are in Query Editor with work with Power Query

 

The most simple way to obtain this is:

 

Add Column--> Conditional Column and Enter the conditions

 

Regards

 

Victor




Lima - Peru

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DaveBoylan
New Member

format(date(2020,[your month number],1),"MMM")
Vvelarde
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Anonymous

 

Hi, Switch function is DAX and you are in Query Editor with work with Power Query

 

The most simple way to obtain this is:

 

Add Column--> Conditional Column and Enter the conditions

 

Regards

 

Victor




Lima - Peru

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