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Anonymous
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FIRST DATE function

Hi everyone, 

 

My data has a column with "DepartureDates" and the first one is 14-08-2019 but, when using the funtion 

StartDate = FIRSTDATE(vw_Report_REPLICA_Invoices_Details[DepartureDate].[Date]) the result is 01-01-2019...
 
Do you have any ideia why is it happening or how can I have the first Departure Date?
 
Thanks in advance,
Sofia Vaz
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v-frfei-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

This option in power bi desktop  will help you to find the root cause of that. So when you turn on time intelligence option, power bi will try to analysis your data value column as a hidden calendar. These extend fields which you mentioned are from analysed hidden calendar, you can direct use these fields to get different date unit from date value without specific dax date functions.

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So here just removed the .[Date] and go ahead.

 

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
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Anonymous
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@Anonymous Please remove .date from formula and try 
StartDate = FIRSTDATE(vw_Report_REPLICA_Invoices_Details[DepartureDate]) 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

Remove  .[Date]  and try. If still does not work. If possible please share a sample pbix file after removing sensitive information.
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