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Anonymous
4 years agoNot applicable
Creating a Date column or measure with two existing columns, Month (Text) and Year (Text) formats
I need a date column for Chart visualizations to show month/year, current year vs prior year, but my columns are month (which is text and the month number, 1,2,3, etc.) and year (which is text). How...
- 4 years ago
Dax for the column YYYY-MM:
YYYY-MM = 'Table'[YYYY] & "-" & Right("00" & 'Table'[MM], 2)YYYY ~ Number, MM ~ Text
- Anonymous4 years ago
Hi Anonymous ,
I think sevenhills 's method is the most convenient and it has solved your issue,so please kindly Accept his reply as the solution. More people will benefit from it.
You could also try:
YYYY-MM = FORMAT(CONVERT(COMBINEVALUES(" ",[Year],[Month Number],"1") ,DATETIME),"YYYY-MM")Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
sevenhills
Super User
4 years agoDax for the column YYYY-MM:
YYYY-MM = 'Table'[YYYY] & "-" & Right("00" & 'Table'[MM], 2)
YYYY ~ Number, MM ~ Text
Anonymous
4 years agoNot applicable
That worked. Thank you!