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Anonymous
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Hi,

 I have a column in my report which has date in it. I can extract Month Name from the column.

 

Is there any option where I can get the month and year together from this column? Like suppose I need a new column like Month'Year showing values like April'2021, May'2021 and so on in the column?

 

Or do I have to extract month name and year seperately and then combine them?

 

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Regards,

Himanshu

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Anonymous
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I extracted individually and then merged. It solved my issue.

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You could use Date.ToText function to create a custom column.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/date-totext 

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Pragati11
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You can achieve this as below:

Click on your DATE column under FIELDS pane.

Under top ribbon, you will get the option to select required date format.

 

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Thanks,

Pragati

 

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Anonymous
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@Pragati11  I actually want it in the power query only as I ned to create a custom column using that Month'Year Column. 

 

What you've mentioned is completely right and I know it but i want it in the power query mode itself.

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Add a custom column as follows in Power Query:

Date.ToText([YourDateColumn], "MMM-yyyy")

 

Thanks,

Pragati 

Best Regards,

Pragati Jain


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Anonymous
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I extracted individually and then merged. It solved my issue.

 

Himanshu_13_0-1619763210610.png

 

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