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raassd
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Helper I

Month name to Month Numbers

‎08-09-2022 12:49 AM

Hi Team,

 

I have month names in m data I want to get month numbers.

I dont have date column.

MonthRequired Results
Jan01
Feb02
Mar03
Apr04
May05
Jun06
July07
Aug08
Sep09

 

 

Thanks !

 

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Jihwan_Kim
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‎08-09-2022 01:01 AM

Hi,

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating a new column.

 

Picture5.png

 

Required result CC =
MONTH ( CONVERT ( "2022-" & Data[Month] & "-01", DATETIME ) )

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

‎08-09-2022 01:01 AM

Hi,

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating a new column.

 

Picture5.png

 

Required result CC =
MONTH ( CONVERT ( "2022-" & Data[Month] & "-01", DATETIME ) )

If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


Click here to visit my LinkedIn page

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Advocate I
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In response to Jihwan_Kim

‎07-27-2023 11:53 AM

I tried this and I got this error: "Cannot convert value 'May' of type Text to type Date."

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