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Hi
I have a report pulled from a spreadsheet which lists time spent by users in a decimal format. i.e. 0.08 = 5mins
This means that the time spent report displays in decimal, but this does not make reading the report easy.
Is there any way of converting the decimal duration into a format that shows in "x hours xx mins". i.e. 2.67 = 2h 40m
Thanks
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hi, @KirstyMacKinlay
You could try this formula as below:
Measure = var h=INT([SUMTIME]/60) return h&"h"&([SUMTIME]-h*60)&"minte"
or
Measure 2 = VAR h = INT ( [SUMTIME] / 60 ) RETURN IF ( ( [SUMTIME] - h * 60 ) = 0, h & "h", h & "h" & ( [SUMTIME] - h * 60 ) & "minte" )
Note: SUMTIME = CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[time spent]))
Result:
Best Regards,
Lin
hi, @KirstyMacKinlay
You could try this formula as below:
Measure = var h=INT([SUMTIME]/60) return h&"h"&([SUMTIME]-h*60)&"minte"
or
Measure 2 = VAR h = INT ( [SUMTIME] / 60 ) RETURN IF ( ( [SUMTIME] - h * 60 ) = 0, h & "h", h & "h" & ( [SUMTIME] - h * 60 ) & "minte" )
Note: SUMTIME = CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[time spent]))
Result:
Best Regards,
Lin
Hi Lin
Thanks, that looks like it should work, but I am finding that I get the same message as I got yesterday from the other suggestion which says "The value for 'SUMTIME' cannot be determines. Either 'SUMTIME' Doesn't exist, or there is no current row for a column named 'SUMTIME'
However, I do have a column for SUMTIME. I am not able to pick up any of my columns?
Thanks
Kirsty
hi, @KirstyMacKinlay
SUMTIME is a measure, not a column.
SUMTIME = CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[time spent]))
You should learn difference between measure and column first.
here is a demo pbix, please try it.
Best Regards,
Lin
you can use FORMAT with calculating number if minutes by multiplying the decimal value by 60:
Measure = FORMAT([Value],INT([Value]) & ":" & FORMAT(ROUND([Value]*60,0),"00"))
or something like this
Measure = FORMAT([Value],INT([Value]) & "h " & FORMAT(ROUND([Value]*60,0),"00m"))
Thanks Stachu
This Measure didn't give me the caluclation that I was looking for. I just got an error message.
I did manage to get the time converted to a number of minutes.
However, my customer needs the matrix report to show the time as 5hr, not 300min
Or 6hr 56min, not 416min
Is there a way of formatting the matrix sum to show the time in this way, rather than in a single unit of time?
Thanks
can you share the syntax you used in the end?
the second measure I posted should work for you, as long as [Value] is the measure where the aggregations is happening and [Measure] is just used to present it differently
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