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In transforms I changed a field to a Date type. Now when using the field in a table it shows a long date format.
How do I get it to only show the short format?
example:
10/01/2023
Solved! Go to Solution.
After data is loaded , you can select that column and use "Column tools" menu and change format as below snipit
After data is loaded , you can select that column and use "Column tools" menu and change format as below snipit
It took me a while to notice the buttons on the left side.
Hi @ComputerHabit ,
You can adjust the format of the column in the Column Tab settings.
Select column and then in the tab click and select:
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