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jhaldane
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8 years ago
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Group Days and create shifts

Please can you assist me (step by step) Please can you show me how to group into days and then create three shifts. i.e. I have many rows for the 1st May all with different times. Then group times ...
  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi jhaldane,

     

    Month = Test_3[Dates].[MonthNo]

Day = Test_3[Dates].[Day] 

Time = FORMAT(Test_3[Dates] ,"hh:mm:ss")

Shift =
IF (
    Test_3[Time] >= TIME ( 6, 0, 0 )
        && Test_3[Time] < TIME ( 14, 0, 0 ),
    "Shift1",
    IF (
        Test_3[Time] >= TIME ( 14, 0, 0 )
            && Test_3[Time] < TIME ( 22, 0, 0 ),
        "Shift2",
        "Shift3"
    )
)

     

    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu

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v-yulgu-msft
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8 years ago

Hi jhaldane,

 

Month = Test_3[Dates].[MonthNo]

Day = Test_3[Dates].[Day] 

Time = FORMAT(Test_3[Dates] ,"hh:mm:ss")

Shift =
IF (
    Test_3[Time] >= TIME ( 6, 0, 0 )
        && Test_3[Time] < TIME ( 14, 0, 0 ),
    "Shift1",
    IF (
        Test_3[Time] >= TIME ( 14, 0, 0 )
            && Test_3[Time] < TIME ( 22, 0, 0 ),
        "Shift2",
        "Shift3"
    )
)

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

  • jhaldane's avatar
    jhaldane
    Frequent Visitor
    8 years ago

    Thank you so much for responding.

     

    Some questions on below.

     

    I have managed to add the columns for month and time.

     

    Please can you assist me with the column for 'shift'?

    Where do i type in the formula for Shift?

    What measure should the shift column be in?

     

     

    Thanks

    Jerry

     

     

     

    Month = Test_3[Dates].[MonthNo]

Day = Test_3[Dates].[Day] 

Time = FORMAT(Test_3[Dates] ,"hh:mm:ss")

     

    • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
      v-yulgu-msft
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      8 years ago

      Hi jhaldane,

       

      For all above formulas in my original post, you should type them into calculated columns via clicking the highlighted button.

       

      Create the calculated column: Month, Day and Time one by one. Then, remember to set the data type of [Time] field, as I mentioned in original post. After that, you can create the calculated column [Shift].

       

      Regards,

      Yuliana Gu

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    ncav36
    New Member
    7 years ago

    Hi, this does not work for me.  I have been trying this for about 30 minutes, and it continues to give me an error "cannot convert value " of type Text to type Date" when I try to convert the text to "time" as displayed in your example.  Can you help? I've done EXACTLY what you've suggested here.  Thanks.

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    ncav36
    New Member
    7 years ago

    Hi, this did not work for me as I continue to get an error that states operations do not support comparing values of type Text with values of type Date.  It says to consider using the Value or Format function to convert.  But then when I convert the Time column as you have suggested, it also gives me an error that says "Cannot covert value " of type Text to type Date".  Please help, I've done exactly what you've suggested and I cannot get it to work.