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warnera
Helper I
6 years ago
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Converting date summary from report

Hello,  I searched around the forum and couldn't find my situation. I have a report that creates summary months in this format: 2019M2 , 2019M3, etc.   I tried a few different things I read on here...
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  • v-zhenbw-msft's avatar
    v-zhenbw-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi warnera ,

     

    We can use the following steps in Power Query Editor to meet your requirement.

     

    1. Split column by "M".

     

     

    2. We select the two columns at same time, then we select merge columns function.

     

     

    3. At last we need to merge the columns by "/", and change the type to date. 

     

     

    The result like this,

     

     

    If it does not meet your requirement, could you please show the exact expected result based on the table that we have shared?

    BTW, pbix as attached.

     

    Best regards,

     

    Community Support Team _ zhenbw

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amitchandak's avatar
amitchandak
Super User
6 years ago

warnera , In case you have like from 2019M1 to 2019M12

It can give date like

New Date =date(left([Month],4),month(right([Month],len([Month])-SEARCH("M", [Month],0,0) )),1)

ou might have adjust the month calc

 

warnera's avatar
warnera
Helper I
6 years ago

amitchandak I tried your formula and got the following error. Also included a screenshot of my exact file. 

 

Thanks for the help

 

ot this:

 

 
  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Super User
    6 years ago

    warnera , Try like

    date((LEFT([summaryYM],4)+0),(right([summaryYM],LEN([summaryYM])-SEARCH("M",[summaryYM]))+0),1)