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irenelitw629
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Helper II

How to add Half year date column in date hierarchy (continuous date type)

Hi,

 

How can I add "Half Year" to the date hierarchy? I want to enable the trend line so it needs to be continous date type.

Ideally the trend line chart can drill down to Year. Half Year, Quarter 3 different hierarchies

2023-07-31_14-15-50.png

I tried to create a column using below DAX but it is text type and my trend line disapear...

Half Year=YEAR([Date])&" HY "&ROUNDUP(MONTH([Date])/6,0)

 

Thanks!

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Anonymous
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Hi  @irenelitw629 ,

 

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Create calculated column.

Year =
 YEAR('Table'[Date])
Half Year =
YEAR([Date])&"HY"&ROUNDUP(MONTH([Date])/6,0)
Quarter =
"Qtr"&" "&QUARTER('Table'[Date])
Month =
 FORMAT('Table'[Date],"mmmm")
Day =
 DAY('Table'[Date])

2. Check [Date] - click on the three ellipses - Create hierarchy.

vyangliumsft_0-1690963470679.png

3. Add [Year], [Half Year], [Quarter], [Month], [Day] in a customized order - to the created date hierarchy.

vyangliumsft_1-1690963470683.png

vyangliumsft_2-1690963528972.png

4. Result:

Create a slicer with a date hierarchy, and a Visual with the [Date] column as the primary, so that the slicer can hierarchize the Visual

 

vyangliumsft_3-1690963528994.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi  @irenelitw629 ,

 

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Create calculated column.

Year =
 YEAR('Table'[Date])
Half Year =
YEAR([Date])&"HY"&ROUNDUP(MONTH([Date])/6,0)
Quarter =
"Qtr"&" "&QUARTER('Table'[Date])
Month =
 FORMAT('Table'[Date],"mmmm")
Day =
 DAY('Table'[Date])

2. Check [Date] - click on the three ellipses - Create hierarchy.

vyangliumsft_0-1690963470679.png

3. Add [Year], [Half Year], [Quarter], [Month], [Day] in a customized order - to the created date hierarchy.

vyangliumsft_1-1690963470683.png

vyangliumsft_2-1690963528972.png

4. Result:

Create a slicer with a date hierarchy, and a Visual with the [Date] column as the primary, so that the slicer can hierarchize the Visual

 

vyangliumsft_3-1690963528994.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

@Anonymous 

Thanks for your reply. I tried above but still can't enable trend line. Can you send me the file?

irenelitw629
Helper II
Helper II

@amitchandak , do you know the solution?

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