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Kpham
Resolver I
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SAP HANA Direct Query transform data type: date

Dear community,

 

I'm trying to set up a direct query connection to our SAP HANA db and this seems to be working. However I have one column that should be a date table. But when i'm changing the data type power query says this is not support and that i should switch to import mode. How can I use Direct Query and use a date column 

let
    Source = SapHana.Database("saphanadxxxxx.xxxxx:xxxxxx"),
    Contents = Source{[Name="Contents"]}[Data],
    xxxxxxxx = Contents{[Name="xxxxxxxxx"]}[Data],
    Z_PPL1 = xxxxxx{[Name="Z_PPL"]}[Data],
    #"Added Items" = Cube.Transform(Z_PPL1,
        {
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "ASMNAME", {"ASMNAME"}, {"ASMNAME"}},
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "AUART", {"AUART"}, {"AUART"}},
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "AUDAT", {"AUDAT"}, {"AUDAT"}},
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "BEZEI", {"BEZEI"}, {"BEZEI"}},
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "BFP", {"BFP"}, {"BFP"}},
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "BSTKD", {"BSTKD"}, {"BSTKD"}},
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "CRTD", {"CRTD"}, {"CRTD"}},
            {Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn, "DEL_DATE", {"DEL_DATE"}, {"DEL_DATE"}},

            {Cube.AddMeasureColumn, "NETWRINEUR", "NETWRINEUR"}
        }),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Items",{"AUDAT"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"BEZEI", "test"}}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"DEL_DATE", Int64.Type}, {"DF", type date}})
in
    #"Changed Type"
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V-lianl-msft
Community Support
Community Support

As far as I know, this is a known limitation.

Column and measure details are fixed: The list of columns and measures seen in the field list are fixed by the underlying source, and cannot be modified. For example, it's not possible to delete a column, nor change its datatype (it can, however, be renamed.)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-directquery-sap-hana#additional-model... 

 

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