I've installed PowerBI and conencted it to my SQLserver in direct mode rather than import mode. I note that in direct mode the date fields in my table (which truly are dates) do not have a calendar icon next to them in PBI, and when added to a report they don't show any options for e.g. removing Quarter, Day etc from them
If this data was brought in via Import, then the date under the "Columns" header has a breakdown of year, quarter, month, day etc, and we can e.g. delete Day to group the data up by month
How do we achieve similar to e.g. strip the time and day off and just have data by year/month in direct mode?
@mawh I will start with video 1 in that playlist Learn basics of Time Intelligence DAX functions - Part 1 - YouTube
It is in order part 1, part 2, part 3 and so on.
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@mawh although you found the solution but one piece of advice, never use an in-built date hierarchy, it is against best practice, to develop a scalable solution, always use a common calendar dimension that will enhance the use of DAX time intelligence functions. To learn more, you can check my playlist on time intelligence and the importance of the date table here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiYSIjh4cEx2FkuGkngYruS0wm8MYFsoi
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