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telesforo1969
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Create a date-time field from a date column and a number column with the time in "DirectQuery Mode"

  I need help joining two columns, one containing values ​​in date format and the other containing the time in number format in DirectQuery mode.

 

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V-yubandi-msft
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Hi @telesforo1969 ,

May I know if your issue has been resolved, or if you still need any additional details? Please let us know if you need any further assistance.
 

Thank you.

V-yubandi-msft
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Hi @telesforo1969 ,

I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided by @MasonMA , @Omid_Motamedise . Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. 
 

Thank you for your valuable input, @MasonMA , @Omid_Motamedise .

Regards,
Yugandhar.

Omid_Motamedise
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Hi,

You can add a new column using the following formula

 [Fecha]& #time([Hora],0,0)

for detail see the attached file

 

 


If my answer helped solve your issue, please consider marking it as the accepted solution.

Thank you very much, but I am connected in DirectQuery mode and it does not allow the transformation; it asks me to switch to Import mode.

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Thank you very much, but I am connected in DirectQuery mode and it does not allow the transformation; it asks me to switch to Import mode.

unir fecha hora 1.JPG

MasonMA
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Hi!

 

If this is a DirectQuery to SQL, you may leverage Power Query to create a new Custom Column for DateTime with this sample M code for the last added step, 

= Table.AddColumn(PreviousStep, "DateTime", each [Date] + #duration([Time],0,0,0), type datetime),

 

But sometimes, my reports are also using DirectQuerty to other Semantic Models as data source, in this case i would normally change the connection mode to Composite, then Power BI imports metadata from the semantic model but allows local calculated tables/columns.

With Composite model, you would be able to create a new column with DAX , 

DateTime =
'Table'[Date] + TIME('Table'[Time], 0, 0)

Thank you very much for the support, but your proposal yields the following result: it changes the dates and always shows the time as 12:00:00fecha hora2.pngfecha hora3.png

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