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Anmolgan
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How can I derive Fiscal Year from my SAP BW Data souce?

I have a date field which is already provided as date table, but the field type is text, and whenver I try to make it to date field it runs for a good amount of time and give me errors that some rows cannot be convereted into datetime fields, My Financial year starts at April of each year and ends at March next year, how can I derive fiscal quaters, fiscal months, and fiscal year from my existing date is there any safe way to do this?

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Hi @Anmolgan ,

 

It's not feasible to use it in text format, please convent the text to date using DAX first:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Convert-column-from-Text-to-Date/td-p/136492

 

Best regards,
Dina Ye

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v-diye-msft
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Hi @Anmolgan ,

 

If  my above post helps, could you please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. thanks!

 

 

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CheenuSing
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Hi @Anmolgan 

 

Can you share some data of the date field including those that give error when changing the type to date to find a solution.

 

Put the data in Google / One Drive and share the link here.

 

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v-diye-msft
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Hi @Anmolgan ,

 

You can convert the calendar date to fiscal data in DAX, details refer to: 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Creating-a-Fiscal-Year-amp-Fiscal-Quarter-in-a-DATE-calenda...

 

Best regards,
Dina Ye

Community Support Team _ Dina Ye
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quickly.

Date can remain text will that work with the DAX forumla?

Hi @Anmolgan ,

 

It's not feasible to use it in text format, please convent the text to date using DAX first:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Convert-column-from-Text-to-Date/td-p/136492

 

Best regards,
Dina Ye

Community Support Team _ Dina Ye
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more
quickly.

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