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Hi,
When using Table from list is is possible to define a data type, I recnently created a one column date table which I loaded to pbi,
= Table.FromList(
List.Dates( #date(2020,1,1), 365, #duration(1,0,0,0)),
Splitter.SplitByNothing(), {"Date"}, type date )and was not sure why it was not working until a noticeed the data type date had not been applied, so went back and changed
manually , all ok, but I would have thought it would be possible all in one step, any suggestion or what am I doing wrong?
Richard.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @Dicken, yes it is:
= Table.FromList({1..5}, (x)=> {x}, type table[Just Numbers=Int64.Type])
Replace your code with this one:
= Table.FromList(
List.Dates( #date(2020,1,1), 365, #duration(1,0,0,0)),
Splitter.SplitByNothing(), type table[Date=date] )
Hi @Dicken, yes it is:
= Table.FromList({1..5}, (x)=> {x}, type table[Just Numbers=Int64.Type])
Replace your code with this one:
= Table.FromList(
List.Dates( #date(2020,1,1), 365, #duration(1,0,0,0)),
Splitter.SplitByNothing(), type table[Date=date] )
I had a feeling it was not just straightforward type or as folllowd by data type.
Thank you,
Richard.
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