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zicarelli
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Transferring date as a number NOT a text?

‎03-30-2023 10:06 PM

Hi everyone.

I just got started with Power BI and I am struggling to transform a date/month (Ex.: August) as a number in Power BI? When it gets to Power BI desktop it reads as text (please, see the image attached). Any hints? I need to have August as a month/number?

Cheers

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amitchandak
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‎03-30-2023 11:20 PM

@zicarelli , No power will take that as text only, You have to create date with help from the year and month

 

Date.FromText("01-" &[Month] & "-" & Text.Start[Year])



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amitchandak
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‎03-30-2023 11:20 PM

@zicarelli , No power will take that as text only, You have to create date with help from the year and month

 

Date.FromText("01-" &[Month] & "-" & Text.Start[Year])



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zicarelli
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‎03-31-2023 04:42 PM

Thanks, mate! Will do it.

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