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Abdel_Spateof
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7 years ago
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Duration format

Hello Community 

 

This is my first time I post here :) 

I have a problem, 

I have a column with duration formatting as follows  9h 53m 38s and I want to convert it to HH:MM (09:53) 

 

How can I do that ??

 

Thanks

  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    7 years ago

    Abdel_Spateof, in response to your message, perhaps create DAX columns like this:

     

    Hours = 
VAR __h = FIND("h",[Time],,BLANK())
VAR __final = IF(NOT(ISBLANK(__h)),__h-1,BLANK())
RETURN
IF(NOT(ISBLANK(__final)),LEFT([Time],__final),BLANK())


Minutes = 
VAR __h = FIND("h",[Time],,BLANK())
VAR __finalh = IF(NOT(ISBLANK(__h)),__h-1,BLANK())
VAR __m = FIND("m",[Time],,BLANK())
VAR __finalm = IF(NOT(ISBLANK(__m)),__m-1,BLANK())
RETURN
IF(ISBLANK(__finalm),BLANK(),IF(ISBLANK(__h),LEFT([Time],__finalm),MID([Time],__finalh+3,__finalm-__finalh-2)))


Seconds = 
VAR __m = FIND("m",[Time],,BLANK())
VAR __finalm = IF(NOT(ISBLANK(__m)),__m-1,BLANK())
VAR __s = FIND("s",[Time],,BLANK())
VAR __finals = IF(NOT(ISBLANK(__s)),__s-1,BLANK())
RETURN
IF(ISBLANK(__finals),BLANK(),IF(ISBLANK(__m),LEFT([Time],__finals),MID([Time],__finalm+3,__finals-__finalm-2)))

    After that, you can just concatenate them together as needed. 

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  • AkhilAshok's avatar
    AkhilAshok
    Solution Sage
    7 years ago

    You could achieve this in Power Query Editor. Please find the M code steps for that below with sample data:

     

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WssxQMDXOVTC2KFaK1YlWMjTIUDAyyFUwMoLyDTMUDIFcIC8WAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column = _t]),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(Source, "Column", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(" ", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Column.1", "Column.2", "Column.3"}),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{"Column.3"}),
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Removed Columns","h","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Column.1"}),
    #"Replaced Value1" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value","m","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Column.2"}),
    #"Changed Type2" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Replaced Value1",{{"Column.1", Int64.Type}, {"Column.2", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Merged Columns" = Table.CombineColumns(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type2", {{"Column.1", type text}, {"Column.2", type text}}, "en-GB"),{"Column.1", "Column.2"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter(":", QuoteStyle.None),"Merged"),
    #"Changed Type3" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Merged Columns",{{"Merged", type time}})
in
    #"Changed Type3"
    • Abdel_Spateof's avatar
      Abdel_Spateof
      Frequent Visitor
      7 years ago

      Hello Akhil, 

       

      thank you very much for your response; 

       

      the Code is not giving the right time ( pls see the screenshot)

       

      I hope there is a simple solution for this .)

       

      • AkhilAshok's avatar
        AkhilAshok
        Solution Sage
        7 years ago

        How about this:

        let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WssxQMDXOVTC2KFaK1YlWMjTIUDAyyFUwMoLyDTMUDIFcCM8sA0xZgtVA1UNokB5TA4gqMB0LAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column = _t]),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(Source, "Column", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(" ", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Column.1", "Column.2", "Column.3"}),
    #"Replaced Value3" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Split Column by Delimiter",null,"0",Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column.2"}),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Value3", "Hours", each if Text.EndsWith([Column.1],"h") then Text.TrimEnd([Column.1],"h") else "0"),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Minutes", each if Text.EndsWith([Column.2],"m") then Text.TrimEnd([Column.2],"m") else if Text.EndsWith([Column.1],"m") then Text.TrimEnd([Column.1],"m") else "0"),
    #"Merged Columns" = Table.CombineColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Hours", "Minutes"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter(":", QuoteStyle.None),"Time"),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Merged Columns",{{"Time", type time}}),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Time"})
in
    #"Removed Other Columns"