Converting to mm:ss

[stribor45]

I looked at this post which explaing about conversion from decimal to hh:ss. I tried to adapt it to my needs. My decimal number is day and according to google i need to multiply it by 86400 to get it into seconds in order to be able to use this code.

I can see that it is giving me conversion error but I have no idea which line of code this is. How would I determine where is the error from this.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi  @stribor45 ,

You can try the following dax:

Column =
VAR time = 'Table'[Day]
VAR hours = ROUNDDOWN(24 * time , 0)
VAR H_rem = 24 * time - ROUNDDOWN(24 * time , 0)
VAR minutes = ROUNDDOWN(60 * H_rem , 0)
VAR M_rem = 60 * H_rem - ROUNDDOWN(60 * H_rem , 0)
VAR seconds = ROUND(60 * M_rem , 0)
Return
TIME(hours,minutes,seconds)

I show hh:mm:ss in Power Query, to Power BI Desktop it shows up fine and cannot reproduce your scenario:

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Can you share sample data and sample output in table format? Or a sample pbix after removing sensitive data. We can better understand the problem and help you.

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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[stribor45]

in power query my data is shown as duration but once it is loaded into the model it is showing as a decimal number. Thats why I am trying to use this code above. Is there an easier way to show this decimal number as hh:mm:ss?