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Linking Tables - dates
Hi,
I have a master Date table, and I'm trying to link it to a number of other tables, all with Year and Month. The Year and Month columns in my other tables are stored as Text, which I think might be part of the problem, but I can't seem to change this without getting an error... ??
MASTER DATE TABLE
OTHER TABLES
Is anyone able to help?
Thank you
Sonia
Hi,
In the Other Table, generate a genuine date from the Month and Year by using this formula
=1*("1/"&Table2[Month]&"/"&Table2[Year])
Format this new column as Date and give it a meaningful heading. Now create a relatioship from the Date column (that you just created with the formula above) of the Other Table to the Date column of your caalendar table.
Hope this helps.
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Hi,
In the Other Table, generate a genuine date from the Month and Year by using this formula
=1*("1/"&Table2[Month]&"/"&Table2[Year])
Format this new column as Date and give it a meaningful heading. Now create a relatioship from the Date column (that you just created with the formula above) of the Other Table to the Date column of your caalendar table.
Hope this helps.
Thank you so much, Ashish_Mathur - this seems to have done the trick!
You are welcome.
- Format the date column in master table with out time stamp. It is better to have a date column in other tables then you can play with the data.
Btw, one table should have unique values.- You can convert it in query editor.
