DAX DATEATABLE Function

Dicken

Hi,
is there a way I can create a small start end date table using this function

example of what i want ;

dtab =

DATATABLE(

"start",STRING,

"end", STRING,

{

{"01/01/2020", "31/12/2020"}

}

)
But not as text but as a 'date' I have tried ;

dtab =
DATATABLE(
"start", DATETIME,
"end", DATETIME,
{
{ DATE(2020, 1, 1) + TIME(0, 0, 0), DATE(2020, 12, 31) + TIME(23, 59, 59) }
}
)

I added the time as even though I don't need it I thought it might be the problem, but it still does not work?

any suggestions?

Richard.

parry2k

Not sure why that didn't answer the question. why not you define the problem statement

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parry2k

Why not use calendar function?

dtTable = CALENDAR ( StartDate, EndDate )

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Dicken

becaue I want to use the start month feature of auto.
besides which that is not answering the queston.

Greg_Deckler

@Dicken I know it looks like it won't work but just do this:

dtab = 
DATATABLE(
    "start",DATETIME,
    "end", DATETIME,
    {
      {"01/01/2020", "31/12/2020"}
    }
)

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Dicken

Does not seem to work, yes returns a table, but
CALENDARAUTO does not find it, so not much use.
Richard.

DAX DATEATABLE Function