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Anonymous
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Month and Short Month Abbrev solution

Hello

 

We have a specific Calendar table for all date needs. Month day year Qtr MoM MMYYYY etc

 

I am looking to have a short month abbreviated column for graphs and such. I duplicated the date column (1/1/2015) and changed the type to TEXT in power query and did so in the front end in the model view under Data Type and changed format to Custom "mmm"

 

But now I have this issue where the month is Re-iterating. How do I fix this? I posted a pic of how its displaying and how it should look (right chart)

 

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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    4 years ago

    Don't duplicate the column and convert into text. In PQ, in a custom column named ShortMonth, use following formula

    = Text.Start(Date.MonthName([Date]),3)

     If you want to do in DAX

    ShortMonth = FORMAT([Date],"mmm")

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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    Most Valuable Professional
    4 years ago

    Don't duplicate the column and convert into text. In PQ, in a custom column named ShortMonth, use following formula

    = Text.Start(Date.MonthName([Date]),3)

     If you want to do in DAX

    ShortMonth = FORMAT([Date],"mmm")
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      Hello

       

      I tried the custom column formula but i get the following error:

      Expression.Error: The name 'Text.start' wasn't recognized. Make sure it's spelled correctly.

       

      What do i do with this?

      • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
        Vijay_A_Verma
        Most Valuable Professional
        4 years ago

        It is Text.Start not Text.start. PQ is super sensitive to case.