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Anonymous
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Using time instead of date

Hi all 

I am struggling with the following problem 

I have 2 date columns (start, end) from which I calculate the time elapsed. I have already formatted it as "time" and not date in the table. 

 

However, when I m using it for charts (i.e. a scatter to show sales vs time spent on task), PBI keeps considering it a date. 

When trying to use it as a slicer (to remove outliers) it again considers it a date (i get values from 30/12/1899 to 02/01/1902).

 

Any idea how to fix this?

 

Many thanks 

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v-cherch-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous 

Please make sure you've formatted time spent column as below.Then i would suggest you use list or dropdown options of the slicer.

1.png

Regards,

Community Support Team _ Cherie Chen
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-cherch-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous 

Please make sure you've formatted time spent column as below.Then i would suggest you use list or dropdown options of the slicer.

1.png

Regards,

Community Support Team _ Cherie Chen
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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