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Jess_Scragg
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4 years ago
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Hi. I am trying to create a date table for my PBI report so I can do some time intelligence analysis (looking at data over the last couple of years). I have created this date key in Excel: I h...
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    PC2790
    4 years ago

    Shouldn't be a problem in the front end. I suggest createing a date table in Power BI itself rather than importing it from excel.

    You can do it in power query or dax.

    Power Query code that I personally use as given below:

    let fnDateTable = (StartDate as date, EndDate as date, FYStartMonth as number) as table =>
      let
        DayCount = Duration.Days(Duration.From(EndDate - StartDate)),
        Source = List.Dates(StartDate,DayCount,#duration(1,0,0,0)),
        TableFromList = Table.FromList(Source, Splitter.SplitByNothing()),   
        ChangedType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(TableFromList,{{"Column1", type date}}),
        RenamedColumns = Table.RenameColumns(ChangedType,{{"Column1", "Date"}}),
        InsertYear = Table.AddColumn(RenamedColumns, "Year", each Date.Year([Date]),type text),
        InsertYearNumber = Table.AddColumn(RenamedColumns, "YearNumber", each Date.Year([Date])),
        InsertQuarter = Table.AddColumn(InsertYear, "QuarterOfYear", each Date.QuarterOfYear([Date])),
        InsertMonth = Table.AddColumn(InsertQuarter, "MonthOfYear", each Date.Month([Date]), type text),
        InsertDay = Table.AddColumn(InsertMonth, "DayOfMonth", each Date.Day([Date])),
        InsertDayInt = Table.AddColumn(InsertDay, "DateInt", each [Year] * 10000 + [MonthOfYear] * 100 + [DayOfMonth]),
        InsertMonthName = Table.AddColumn(InsertDayInt, "MonthName", each Date.ToText([Date], "MMMM"), type text),
        InsertCalendarMonth = Table.AddColumn(InsertMonthName, "MonthInCalendar", each (try(Text.Range([MonthName],0,3)) otherwise [MonthName]) & " " & Number.ToText([Year])),
        InsertCalendarQtr = Table.AddColumn(InsertCalendarMonth, "QuarterInCalendar", each "Q" & Number.ToText([QuarterOfYear]) & " " & Number.ToText([Year])),
        InsertDayWeek = Table.AddColumn(InsertCalendarQtr, "DayInWeek", each Date.DayOfWeek([Date])),
        InsertDayName = Table.AddColumn(InsertDayWeek, "DayOfWeekName", each Date.ToText([Date], "dddd"), type text),
        InsertWeekEnding = Table.AddColumn(InsertDayName, "WeekEnding", each Date.EndOfWeek([Date]), type date),
        InsertWeekNumber= Table.AddColumn(InsertWeekEnding, "Week Number", each Date.WeekOfYear([Date])),
        InsertMonthnYear = Table.AddColumn(InsertWeekNumber,"MonthnYear", each [Year] * 10000 + [MonthOfYear] * 100),
        InsertQuarternYear = Table.AddColumn(InsertMonthnYear,"QuarternYear", each [Year] * 10000 + [QuarterOfYear] * 100),
        ChangedType1 = Table.TransformColumnTypes(InsertQuarternYear,{{"QuarternYear", Int64.Type},{"Week Number", Int64.Type},{"Year", type text},{"MonthnYear", Int64.Type}, {"DateInt", Int64.Type}, {"DayOfMonth", Int64.Type}, {"MonthOfYear", Int64.Type}, {"QuarterOfYear", Int64.Type}, {"MonthInCalendar", type text}, {"QuarterInCalendar", type text}, {"DayInWeek", Int64.Type}}),
        InsertShortYear = Table.AddColumn(ChangedType1, "ShortYear", each Text.End(Text.From([Year]), 2), type text),
        AddFY = Table.AddColumn(InsertShortYear, "FY", each "FY"&(if [MonthOfYear]>=FYStartMonth then Text.From(Number.From([ShortYear])+1) else [ShortYear]))
    in
        AddFY
    in
        fnDateTable

    For creating date table in DAx, refer- Creating Calendar Table in Power BI using DAX Functions - RADACAD