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Text filter for dates

‎09-02-2018 08:26 AM

Hello,

 

I am trying to use the text filter in order to search for a date (I want the user to write the date in and get out the information regarding that specific date). However I don't seem to manage this and I don't know what the issue is. Whenever I try to search fo a date it is not fidning the date, but if I put the dates as a normal filter it works.

 

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I appreciate any help you could give me!

 

Thanks

 

Oscar

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Anonymous
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‎09-03-2018 12:01 AM

@Anonymous,

Do you set the datd type of your date column to Text? I can use Text filter to filter table after changing the data type of the column to Text. Also please ensure that you use Power BI Desktop August 2018 version .

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Regards,
Lydia

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Anonymous
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‎09-03-2018 12:01 AM

@Anonymous,

Do you set the datd type of your date column to Text? I can use Text filter to filter table after changing the data type of the column to Text. Also please ensure that you use Power BI Desktop August 2018 version .

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Regards,
Lydia

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‎09-13-2018 11:58 PM

Hello,

 

Thank you for your answer and help! This was the solution to do it. I have combined several databases with my own excelfile formatted as date. But after creating a new table with the format of text it made the combination work!

 

Best Regards

 

Oscar

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