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pabeader
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5 years ago
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Matrix change starting row

I would like to show parts produced per hour, starting with 7 AM  today and running through 7 AM tommorow, rather than 0 AM  today and running through 23 today.  Is there a way to do this?    
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  • edhans's avatar
    edhans
    5 years ago

    If you only have 24 values - 7am, 8am, 9am, etc for all 24 periods, you could create a custom column in Power Query to do this:

    if [Column1] = "7am" then 1 else 
if [Column1] = "8am" then 2 else 
if [Column1] = "9am" then 3 else
null

    That is 3. You just need to do the other 21. There must be a else null at the end without getting too deep in if/then/else constructs.

    It is 100% case sensitive. So "7am" is not the same as "7AM"

     

    If you have minutes then this isn't workable like that. Otherwise, we'd need to see data. How to get good help fast. Help us help you.
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edhans
Community Champion
5 years ago

Yes pabeader - direct query should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. I didn't test any of that against DQ, and it doesn't suprise me it would break it. I do not think most of what I did there will fold.

So many limitations in Direct Query...   not the least of which is you miss out on that fantastic tabular engine.