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Hello all,
I have a date column as "Text" format as following and I need to use this data in the slicer. But first of all, I need to create a hierarchy and split "Day" - "Month" - "Year" and "Quarter"
My data column seems like that in the "Data Sidebar" and I want to convert second one with Hierarchy.
from
to
But I can't use data transformation because of I don't have access the data storage server. That's why, I can just use add new column with measure.
Can I solve this problem using "New Measure, New Column"? Can I separate the dates? If yes, how can I do it?
Thank you,
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Hello @ernum
Here is the solution. Use 'LEFT' DAX function to extract date in new column and then change the new column datatype to Date.
Column DAX looks like this:
Date = LEFT(Sheet1[OpenedAt],10)
Output looks like this:
If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it more quickly. Thank You!!
Hello @ernum
Here is the solution. Use 'LEFT' DAX function to extract date in new column and then change the new column datatype to Date.
Column DAX looks like this:
Date = LEFT(Sheet1[OpenedAt],10)
Output looks like this:
If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it more quickly. Thank You!!
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