Join us at FabCon Atlanta from March 16 - 20, 2026, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.
Register now!Join the Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon—running virtually through Nov 3. Open to all skill levels. $10,000 in prizes! Register now.
Hai Expert, I have question.
In my table , i have a created date column, when i drag month into a dropdown slicer from created date hierarchy its hows all 12 month but actually its only has August, September and October. How can my dropdown only shows the exist month in created date column without joining from lookup date?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @Julaiha ,
Sorry, this is the design concept of power bi for dates. When your date relates to a hierarchical structure, whether it is a month or a quarter, it will all be displayed.
You can manually filter the months with data by clicking on the slicer and then selecting the filter next to it
You can also create a calculated column and use this calculated column as a slicer.
Month = FORMAT('Table'[Date],"mmmm")
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @Julaiha
Dont take the Month from your calculated Date column.It is PBI behaviour to show continuous dates and months of calculated date column.
Try to take data from your orignal date column which has only Aug Sept Oct data.
If my post helps please give kudos and accpet it as a solution!
Thanks
Hi @Julaiha ,
Sorry, this is the design concept of power bi for dates. When your date relates to a hierarchical structure, whether it is a month or a quarter, it will all be displayed.
You can manually filter the months with data by clicking on the slicer and then selecting the filter next to it
You can also create a calculated column and use this calculated column as a slicer.
Month = FORMAT('Table'[Date],"mmmm")
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Add fact columns to your visual.
Join the Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon—running virtually through Nov 3. Open to all skill levels. $10,000 in prizes!
Check out the September 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.