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DATE format / sort date issue
I just want share with all how I solve this "problem". I've been created new column with veeeeeeeeeeeeeery long input:
28_______________________________________________________28/01/2018
29_______________________________________________________29/01/2018
30_______________________________________________________30/01/2018
31_______________________________________________________31/01/2018
01_______________________________________________________01/02/2018
02_______________________________________________________02/02/2018
03_______________________________________________________03/02/2018
04_______________________________________________________04/02/2018
etc...
and now PBI automatically cut this fields showing only needed value:
It's not best/nice solution but it works :)
I am waiting for day I will be able to define my own date format, like "dd" :)
Regards.
you need to add numeric column with the sort order you require and use that for custom sort order in your text column
Maybe I did something wrong but I tried similar solution to this already. I set Rank column in my Calendar DIM and try sort my 01,02,03 texts byt this column. But PBI didn't allow me to do this as 'values in both columns have to be unique'... Obviously we have 01 for Jan, Mar, Apr etc. So I have extracted DIM table (called days) from calendar and I set sortation there 01..31. This works fine. Problem is when in same week I have 2 different months - ending one and starting next.
Any other ideas?
the granularity of the sorted column has to be the same - can you post your full calendar table and specify which column you've tried to sort by what?
Basically - in my data table I have only 1 column refere to date - formated as date:
I have separate DIM_Calendar with a lots of columns. Index Colum (id_Date) it's excel date formated as integer. So in excel columns ix_Date and Date have same values just different format.
In same table I have 2 columns - RANK and DAYNO. Rank is number, DayNo is text.
When I try sort DayNo by Rank I got obvious message:
So I created sub-Dim table called Days and there I set sortation I expect.
But this works only if I am inside ONE month. When I use weeks and I have split months in week it not works as I need.