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Anonymous
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Convert seconds into hours and their format

I have a graph that presents the phrases in internal numbers, these values are in seconds and I need to convert this number in hours and present these values in the graph in the format of hh: mm: ss.

 

It is possible?

 

Follows the graph and the measurement:

 

TotalOrganizational Failures = CALCULATE (SUM (IndicatorValue [Value]); Indicator [Name] = "Organizational Failures")

 

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Hi @Anonymous,

 

To convert the second to hours, you only need to divide it by 3600.

TotalOrganizational Failures = CALCULATE (SUM (IndicatorValue [Value]); Indicator [Name] = "Organizational Failures")/3600

 

Best regards,
Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
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Anonymous
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You can do it easily with M script duration function

 

Please go to the below link. New custom column can be created using M script. 

 

https://www.powerbitalks.com/2019/12/convert-seconds-to-hhmmss-format.html

 

Step by Step solution has been provided.

 

Kaushlendra Mishra 

www.powerbitalks.com

v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

We are able to convert seconds into hours with format "hh:mm:ss".

hh:mm:ss = 
RIGHT ( "0" & INT ( Table[seconds] / 3600 ), 2 )
    & ":"
    & RIGHT (
        "0"
            & INT ( ( Table[seconds] - INT (Table[seconds] / 3600 ) * 3600 ) / 60 ),
        2
    )
    & ":"
    & RIGHT ( "0" & MOD (Table[seconds], 3600 ), 2 )

 

But after formatting, values will be set to text data type. It is not possible to show actual values of text data in a bar chart, because it will be aggregated (Count/Count Distinct) automatically if adding it into values section in a chart visual.

 

So, your requirement cannot be achieved currently.

 

Best regards,
Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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@v-yulgu-msft

 

In this case I will then display the value in hours not displaying the format "hh: mm: ss", using the measure that I am already using what change should I make for it?

TotalOrganizational Failures = CALCULATE (SUM (IndicatorValue [Value]); Indicator [Name] = "Organizational Failures")

Hi @Anonymous,

 

To convert the second to hours, you only need to divide it by 3600.

TotalOrganizational Failures = CALCULATE (SUM (IndicatorValue [Value]); Indicator [Name] = "Organizational Failures")/3600

 

Best regards,
Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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