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belenjave
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sum of hours date

hi! I am trying to sumarize the difference between two columns wuth dates..the result is in a hours/minutes format.

When a want to do the grafic, do not allow me tue operation of sum, only "count".. i know is a format problem, but a dont know how i have to do it.

Tks in advance for the answer..

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Anonymous
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Hi @belenjave,

 

Power bi not support do mathematical functions to calculate with date/time value.


You need to convert to time value to total second or other similar numeric type to calculate and transform to original type after finish calculation.

Aggregating Duration/Time

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
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Hi @belenjave,

 

Power bi not support do mathematical functions to calculate with date/time value.


You need to convert to time value to total second or other similar numeric type to calculate and transform to original type after finish calculation.

Aggregating Duration/Time

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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