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How can i use momentjs in custom visuals?
I am writing a simple custom visual and i would like to know how i could go about and use moment.js in that visual.
I saw there is a typescript def in the git-repo ->PowerBI-visuals/src/Clients/Typedefs/moment/moment.d.ts
Does that mean that moment.js is avaiable as a common lib, ready to use in custom visuals?
To develop a custom visual, please use the PowerBI Custom Visual CLI Tools. There you could find the tutorial on Adding External Libraries and Installing Typings for Libraries.
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To develop a custom visual, please use the PowerBI Custom Visual CLI Tools. There you could find the tutorial on Adding External Libraries and Installing Typings for Libraries.
greenelephant Can you share some more info about how you got this working? I added moment 2.18.1 using npm and it appears in my node_modules folder. Moment now comes with it's own type description file, so I added the moment.d.ts file to tsconfig.json:
"files": [ ".api/v1.7.0/PowerBI-visuals.d.ts", "node_modules/moment/moment.d.ts", "src/visual.ts" ]I then added the moment.js file to pbviz.json:"externalJS": [ "node_modules/moment/min/moment.min.js" ],However, I'm not getting any moment-related namespace in Intellisense.Can you fill-in where you were able to make this work?cc: v-chuncz-msftFYI: This answer on stack overflow solved my namespace problem with moment typings: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42290662/79271
glad you found a solution. Its been a while for me that i worked with powerbi and I cant remember how i made it work now
