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Anonymous
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Making a date to behave like a date

Hi,

 

I have a date variable that doesnt get the Date Hierarchy and I need it to use Quick Measures.

 

How can I make PBI to understand that this field is a date?

 

 

Thanks in advance,

 

IC

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v-frfei-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

We can create a calendar table and make it related to the fact table.

 

Table 2 = CALENDAR(DATE(2019,01,01),DATE(2019,01,31))

2.PNG

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
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v-frfei-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

We can create a calendar table and make it related to the fact table.

 

Table 2 = CALENDAR(DATE(2019,01,01),DATE(2019,01,31))

2.PNG

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the others find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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I need the table to be joined also by another variable and adding this date table would create ambiguity between tables.

Anonymous
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Have you tried formatting it in Power Query Editor?

Anonymous
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Yes, and still have the same problem

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