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1241pm
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Creating numerical reference to date

Hi, I have a table with a column of dates ranging from september 2016-dec 2018. I would like to create a column/measure that will allow me to reference each date to a numerical number in the order reported. For example, sept 2016=1 , oct 2016=2 .... dec2018=28. Thank you so much for your time. 

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v-chuncz-msft
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@1241pm,

 

You may take a look at the following post and use DATEDIFF Function accordingly.

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Calculate-Sales-first-year-second-year-etc/m-p/451157#M20890...

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
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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v-chuncz-msft
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@1241pm,

 

You may take a look at the following post and use DATEDIFF Function accordingly.

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Calculate-Sales-first-year-second-year-etc/m-p/451157#M20890...

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
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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