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srutt
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10 years ago
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Power Query Table.ToList format not converting to date

I'm trying to convert a table of dates to a list (using Table.ToList), but I get an error that states it cannot convert the dates to a text.  How can I convert the table and keep the date format?

 

 

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  • pqian's avatar
    pqian
    10 years ago

    srutt Why do you need the list of dates?

     

    In any case, you can simply right click the table column's header and select "Drill Into", that should give you the column as a list. FYI, drilling into table columns yields a list, drilling into table rows yields a record.

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  • pqian's avatar
    pqian
    Microsoft Employee
    10 years ago

    srutt Why do you need the list of dates?

     

    In any case, you can simply right click the table column's header and select "Drill Into", that should give you the column as a list. FYI, drilling into table columns yields a list, drilling into table rows yields a record.

    • srutt's avatar
      srutt
      Advocate I
      10 years ago

      Thanks, I figured it something easy that I was missing. 

       

      On your question, I needed the list to create a custom function that works like NetworkDays but also excludes certain holidays. 

  • srutt's avatar
    srutt
    Advocate I
    10 years ago
    let
    Source = Sql.Database("xxx", "db"),
    dbo_tblHolidaySchedule = Source{[Schema="dbo",Item="tblHolidaySchedule"]}[Data],
    ChangedType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(dbo_tblHolidaySchedule,{{"HolidayDate", type date}}),
    RemovedOtherColumns = Table.SelectColumns(ChangedType,{"HolidayDate"})
in
    Table.ToList(RemovedOtherColumns)

    Here's the code.