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When I try to extract the date of a datetime field Tasks[Created Date].[Date] I receive the error
Column reference to 'Created Date' in table 'Tasks' cannot be used with a variation 'Date' because it does not have any.
I am sure this is a Date/time field, my dataset has other Date/time fields and the .[Date] part works perfectly on all of them, except for this one. Is this a bug? Do I have to reload the data?
Thanks
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Hi @Omar_Servin
Please check the points:
1.If there is a relationship at the field, if it has the relationship of the field e,g one-many, and the field is the (many) field , it cannot extract the date.
2.Please make sure the 'Auto date/time for new file' is open on desktop. if the option is not open, it cannot extract the date.
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @Omar_Servin
Please check the points:
1.If there is a relationship at the field, if it has the relationship of the field e,g one-many, and the field is the (many) field , it cannot extract the date.
2.Please make sure the 'Auto date/time for new file' is open on desktop. if the option is not open, it cannot extract the date.
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
using %.[Date] is for datetime fields. I don't have a lot to go off of, but it looks like you are already coding [Created Date] as a date field and not a datetime field. It's certainly not a bug, but I have found that working with Created Date in Dataverse is somewhat more tricky and sometimes I have to make a calculated column that extracts the date from the Created Date column.
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