How to create a line chart with months on x axis and dates on y axis

[iDataDrew]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a line chart in Power BI that shows the trend impact of multiple milestones.  The x axis consists of months and the y axis consists of dates.  The idea is, as you progress throughout the year the anticipated completion of a project, or its individual milestones, will change.  I've been able to easily create this chart in Excel, as you can tell from the attached image, but I'm having difficulty replicating this in Power BI.

Any idea of how this is possible?

[Anonymous]

Hello can anyone help me.

I'm dealing with the same issue as stated above.

I want also have to make a milestone trendreport in Power Bi with dates on the Y-axis and on the X-axis. I'm wondering if Power BI has 6 years later than the previous post a solution for this.

Thanks for replying.

[HarrisMalik]

@iDataDrew Currently Power BI does not give an automatic way to use dates or time on Y-axis. Power BI expect a measurement on y-axis. The best bet for you would be to convert your dates into numerical values e.g. 2014-01-14 becomes 20140114 for all three of your measures i.e. Scope, Analysis and Validation. When you will plot it on line axis it will show you the trend you are looking for.

Regards

Harris

[iDataDrew]

Thanks @HarrisMalik.  I actually thought about doing that, but didn't think it would look as clean or understandable to people.  But if that's what I have to do for now, I guess that's what I have to do.  Thanks for the insight!