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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 ...
  • 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. 

AkhilAshok's avatar
AkhilAshok
Solution Sage
7 years ago

This is the same code I added in my comment. I wanted to see your modified M code.

Abdel_Spateof's avatar
Abdel_Spateof
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago

Hi Akhil 
Im Still new to the PowerBI; can you please guide me how I can get the Modified M Code?

  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion
    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. 

  • AkhilAshok's avatar
    AkhilAshok
    Solution Sage
    7 years ago

    Just right click the table in Query Editor, click Advanced Editor, and copy paste the contents here.

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    Abdel_Spateof
    Frequent Visitor
    7 years ago

    Here It is

    let
    Source = Web.Page(Web.Contents("i removed the website; I cant share it")),
    Data0 = Source{0}[Data],
    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Data0, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Employee", type text}, {"Month", type date}, {"Date", type date}, {"Path", type text}, {"Task", type text}, {"Time", type text}, {"Internal_Cost/h", type text}, {"Amount", type text}, {"External_Cost/h", type text}, {"Amount_1", type text}, {"Total amount", type text}, {"Notes", type text}}),
    #"Duplicated Column" = Table.DuplicateColumn(#"Changed Type", "Time", "Time - Copy"),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Duplicated Column", "Custom", each 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"),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom", {"Time"}, {"Custom.Time"})
    in
    #"Expanded Custom"