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PaulusB
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4 years ago
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How to create an input variable with date format?

I have data of a stock portfolio with purchases and sellings of stocks (date, quatity, price). I need an input variable for the single reporting date in normal date format MM-YYYY. So far I was only ...
  • amitchandak's avatar
    4 years ago

    PaulusB , You can use automatic date Hierarchy, but you will not get that format.

     

    You can choose the format in column tools

     

    Or create a new column in table or date table

     

    Month Year = FORMAT([Date],"mm-yyyy")

     

    Sort it on the sort column below 

    Month Year sort = FORMAT([Date],"yyyymm")