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SJHALANI
Helper I
Helper I

Convert numbers to Months

Hello,
I have a column where numbers are written from 0 to 11. Now I want to create a column where 0 should be replaced with the current month, for eg, February, and 1 should be replaced by next month, i.e., March and so on. I am not able to figure out a way to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 

Current ColumnOutput wanted
0February
2April
1March
12January
11December
0February

 

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NewStep=Table.AddColumn(PreviousStepName,"Output wanted",each DateTime.ToText(Date.AddMonths(DateTime.LocalNow(),[Current Column]),"MMMM\'yy","en"))

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wdx223_Daniel
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NewStep=Table.AddColumn(PreviousStepName,"Output wanted",each DateTime.ToText(Date.AddMonths(DateTime.LocalNow(),[Current Column]),"MMMM","en"))

Thanks! This is working. Suppose if I also want to add Year to it the output column, then how can this be done. Reason I now realise I want year is because both 0 and 12 yield the same output "February", however the latter should be February'24

NewStep=Table.AddColumn(PreviousStepName,"Output wanted",each DateTime.ToText(Date.AddMonths(DateTime.LocalNow(),[Current Column]),"MMMM\'yy","en"))

Thank you! You are Awesome. I will mark this as a solution.

However, one last thing - When I build a chart using these Month-Year combination, the axis isn't sorted automatically based on the chrnology of months. Any quick way to do this?
TIA!

SJHALANI_0-1675754792000.png

 

you need set "SortBy Column" in the table page, and select the [Current Column]

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