Skip to main content
cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Learn from the best! Meet the four finalists headed to the FINALS of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships! Register now

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Switch Function help

‎05-08-2020 01:13 PM

I am trying switch function to create a new column.

 

SWITCH(Query1[Month_New],"January",01,"February",02,"March",03,"April",04,"May",05,"June",06,"July",07,"August",8,"September",9,"October",10,"November",11,"December",12)
 
in output i am not geeting 01 for janurary. I am getting 1 only
Labels:
Message 1 of 5
750 Views
0
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
az38
Community Champion
Community Champion
In response to Anonymous

‎05-08-2020 02:00 PM

@Anonymous 

also change column type to Text in Column tools ribbon


do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
LinkedIn

View solution in original post

Message 4 of 5
724 Views
4 REPLIES 4
az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

‎05-08-2020 01:46 PM

Hi @Anonymous 

try to use quotas

SWITCH(Query1[Month_New],
"January","01",
"February","02",
...,
"12")

do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
LinkedIn
Message 2 of 5
729 Views
0
Anonymous
Not applicable
In response to az38

‎05-08-2020 01:53 PM

It is not working 

Message 3 of 5
727 Views
0
az38
Community Champion
Community Champion
In response to Anonymous

‎05-08-2020 02:00 PM

@Anonymous 

also change column type to Text in Column tools ribbon


do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
LinkedIn
Message 4 of 5
725 Views
Anonymous
Not applicable
In response to az38

‎05-09-2020 03:25 AM

Thanks for the solution

Message 5 of 5
675 Views
0

Helpful resources

Announcements
Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

March Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Community Update - March 2026

Check out the March 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.

View All