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Can anybody tell me how to extract just Hour from a Time column in Direct query mode? Thanks ahead
Can you try to do it in the query editor first, and then load it to the designer?
This cannot be done in Query Editor since this is live data by using DirectQuery mode instead of Import data...
May I ask what data source you are using?
warehouse data of the company
When you go through Recent Sources button it may not ask for Direct Query, but can you try going through Get Data > ... and pick DirectQuery in there?
Or, when you load it into PBI Designer, you can right click > Edit, doesn't that work?
It is not working under Direct Query mode. Thank you for your help though
Hi,
You can extract Hour from a Time Column in Direct query mode. But you can’t change its data type.
See my screenshots below.
1. connect database with direct query mode.
2. import a table with a time column.
3. Go to query editor. Extract Hour from test_time column.
4. Apply and close query editor. Show data with table visual.
Best Regards
Alex
Thank you, Excellent soluytion I did now a Table for time to connect different table source and is working excellent.