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2 years ago
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common date for 2 tables

hey everyone. i have in a power bi report 2 tables, 1 called DP1, the other DP3. both tables have a timestamp, and i want to be able to use 1 date slicer and 1 time slicer for points in both of these tables, i tried making a date table using calendarauto(), but it doesn't take in consideration the time (hour/minutes), and i need to use the time within my visualisation. is there a way around to be able to use time for both?
 DP1DP2date table using calendarauto()

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  • rajendraongole1's avatar
    rajendraongole1
    2 years ago

    Hi Anonymous - Create one common date table as below and establish relationships between your DateTime table and the timestamp columns in DP1 and DP3.

     

    DateTimeTable =
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        GENERATE(
            CALENDAR(DATE(2023, 1, 1), DATE(2024, 12, 31)),
            VAR BaseDate = [Date]
            RETURN
            ADDCOLUMNS(
                GENERATESERIES(0, 23, 1),
                "DateTime", BaseDate + TIME([Value], 0, 0)
            )
        ),
        "Hour", HOUR([DateTime]),
        "Minute", MINUTE([DateTime])
    )
     

    Add a slicer visual and drag the Date column from the DateTimeTable to it.
    Set the slicer to the date format. you'll be able to use a single date slicer and a single time slicer to filter data points in both the DP1 and DP3 tables, providing a unified time-based filtering in power bi reports.

     

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  • rajendraongole1's avatar
    rajendraongole1
    Super User
    2 years ago

    Hi Anonymous - Create one common date table as below and establish relationships between your DateTime table and the timestamp columns in DP1 and DP3.

     

    DateTimeTable =
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        GENERATE(
            CALENDAR(DATE(2023, 1, 1), DATE(2024, 12, 31)),
            VAR BaseDate = [Date]
            RETURN
            ADDCOLUMNS(
                GENERATESERIES(0, 23, 1),
                "DateTime", BaseDate + TIME([Value], 0, 0)
            )
        ),
        "Hour", HOUR([DateTime]),
        "Minute", MINUTE([DateTime])
    )
     

    Add a slicer visual and drag the Date column from the DateTimeTable to it.
    Set the slicer to the date format. you'll be able to use a single date slicer and a single time slicer to filter data points in both the DP1 and DP3 tables, providing a unified time-based filtering in power bi reports.

     

    Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! This will help others on the forum!
    Appreciate your Kudos!!

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      2 years ago

      this works great rajendraongole1  thank you! i adjusted some extra stuff within it and added a 15min time interval as well.