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Hi everyone,
I've done this a dozen times but I am pulling my hair out trying to understand why this is being so difficult. I have a simple Dates Table created from DAX:
and I have a custom column creating the Month Num
Month Num = FORMAT('tblDates'[Date], "m")and then comes the headache where my custom column for Month will not work (see picture):
Solved! Go to Solution.
@Justair07 Can't see any issue with your MonthName DAX formula... Did you tried this way ?
Test240DateGen = CALENDAR("2018-01-01","2018-12-31")
Then New Columns as
MonthNum = FORMAT([Date],"m") MonthName = FORMAT([Date],"mmm")
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@Justair07 Can't see any issue with your MonthName DAX formula... Did you tried this way ?
Test240DateGen = CALENDAR("2018-01-01","2018-12-31")
Then New Columns as
MonthNum = FORMAT([Date],"m") MonthName = FORMAT([Date],"mmm")
Proud to be a PBI Community Champion
@PattemManohar That did the trick! So it was an issue with the way the DAX created my dates. Thank you so much!
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