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join 2 columns
I got a table with one column the year YYYY and one column the month MM, how I can create a date column where there will bee MM/YYYY ( column created must be formatted as a date in order to use them
Hi Anonymous ,
Based on my test, you could refer to below steps:
Sample data:
Create below formula:
Column = CONCATENATE('Table2'[Month],CONCATENATE("/",'Table2'[Year]))And change the format:
Regards,
Daniel He
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Hi Anonymous ,
Based on my test, you could refer to below steps:
Sample data:
Create below formula:
Column = CONCATENATE('Table2'[Month],CONCATENATE("/",'Table2'[Year]))And change the format:
Regards,
Daniel He
I always prefer to do transformations like this in the Query editor for multiple reasons. You could approach this in multiple ways, here I will assume you dont have a day column and therefor map all to the first day in the month.
Go to the query editor:
- Create a custom column "Day" with this formula: "1" (you now have a column with value 1 in all rows)
- Highlight your Year, Month and Day columns in that order and under "Add Column" choose "Merge Columns", pick a custom separator "-" and apply. Name the new Column "Date".
- Format the new column as Date.
Hope that helps :)
Hi Anonymous ,
Could you please tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, could you please mark the helpful replies as Answered to close this topic?Regards,
Daniel He