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c0nners
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Date type format set in Table, not respected in Visual (format MMMM yyyy, is plotting as DD/MM/YYYY)

Hello. Any help would be appreciated. 🙂

 

I'm setting a column to reflect dates as:

    Data Type: Date

    Format: March 2001 (MMMM yyyy)

 

 

Within the Table is shows the Data as above.

My issue is the visual is just a veneer, as if I use the drop down filter I can still see the value as DD/MM/YY.

 

So when I try to plot this as a visual I'm getting plot points for DD/MM/YY and not the MMMM yyyy.

any suggestions please?

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Thanks

 

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parry2k
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@c0nners on formatting pagen, change x - axis to categorical as shown below

 

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Thanks for responding, but that didn't quite do it.
I have data for Jan 2018 and Jan 2019. I can get the LineChart to look the way I'd want it using "Date Hierarchy", if I deselect year and quarter.. however it's going to group all January's in one column. I need a column for to be MMMM YYY.

Ta

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