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Sandro_HE
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Duration Format [hh]:mm

Hello Everyone

 

I have a file where we write down service durations we process for each customer. My goal is to sum up all durations for each customer and visualize these service durations with the format [hh]:mm. Works fine if I try this with Pivot, can't get it to work in Power Query / Power BI.

 

Example:

CustomerService Time
A80:20
B71:45
C53:30
D20:24
E05:59

 

Right now it shows these values in decimals, like this:

 

CustomerService Time
A3.35
B2.99
C2.23
D0.85
E0.25

 

Maybe someone has aaaa solution for this case?

 

Regards

Sandro

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Greg_Deckler
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@Sandro_HE 

Check out Duration to Seconds: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Duration-to-Seconds-Converter/m-p/342279#M92

 

and 

 

Chelsie Eiden's Duration here - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Chelsie-Eiden-s-Duration/m-p/793639#M389

 

Converts to seconds, aggregates, allows you to display as duration while maintaining an underlying numeric value.



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Greg_Deckler
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@Sandro_HE 

Check out Duration to Seconds: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Duration-to-Seconds-Converter/m-p/342279#M92

 

and 

 

Chelsie Eiden's Duration here - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Chelsie-Eiden-s-Duration/m-p/793639#M389

 

Converts to seconds, aggregates, allows you to display as duration while maintaining an underlying numeric value.



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Jimmy801
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Hello @Sandro_HE 

 

in Power BI is no possibility to sum durations. What you can do is to transform them to seconds in power query and create a measure in Power BI that sums the seconds and transforms them into a [h]:mm-format.

Read this for more help link 

 

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