How to create an input variable with date format?

[PaulusB]

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 able to create an input variable in serial number format.

In this way a user can easily select a reporting date (MM-YYYY) and the porfolio as per this particular date will be shown.

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@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")

[PaulusB]

Thanks a lot for the very quick solution 🙂