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anilp
Helper I
Helper I

Day Name & Week Number from Date Column

Hi All,


I have a column in the table from data base called DATE

 

I need to Extract Week Number & Day Name from the Date Column in Power BI 

 

1. I tried using this formula 

 

Weekday Name = WEEKDAY(Glance[Date - Copy], 2) this is giving me weired results 

 

573 

1263 

1905

2464 

 

Where I'm looking for Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday 

 

I don't know what's wrong or I need some help in extracting these 2 columns as I have to create Chart Base on Week Numbers in a Month and then drill down to particular Day.

 

Help me, please

 

Thanks,

Anil 

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aavilap
Helper I
Helper I

Hi, 

Try using the following formula:

 

Weekday Name=FORMAT(Glance[Date - Copy], "dddd")

 

Hope it helps!

Regards

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parry2k
Super User
Super User

WEEKDAY function return the week day number not weekday name.

 

Make sure when you dropped your column WeekDay Name in a visual, you are not aggregating it, and that might be the reason you are seeing these weird value.



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aavilap
Helper I
Helper I

Hi, 

Try using the following formula:

 

Weekday Name=FORMAT(Glance[Date - Copy], "dddd")

 

Hope it helps!

Regards

Small change at the solution, because there were syntax errors at my formula

Weekday Name = FORMAT (Glance[Date]; "dddd" )
 
Cheers!
qwertzuiop

Hi @aavilap

 

I tried it and it works 

 

Thanks for the help 🙂 

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