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lardo5150
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Unable to switch number to month name

I am creating a DataFlow in Power Apps.

My Query is pulling from two SPO lists

I have been able to add a column based on the date in another.  This new column is called MonthNumber.

I am trying to convert the month number into MONTH.

I have tried the following:

SWITCH (
    [MonthNumber],
    1"Jan",
    2"Feb",
    3"Mar",
    4"Apr",
    5"May",
    6"Jun",
    7"Jul",
    8"Aug",
    9"Sep",
    10"Oct",
    11"Nov",
    12"Dec",
    BLANK ()
)
 
and..
 
Format([MonthNumber],”MMM”)
 
I keep running into the same error:
 
Expression.Error: The import SWITCH matches no exports. Did you miss a module reference?
or
Expression.Error: The import FORMAT matches no exports. Did you miss a module reference?
 
Any idea how to get past this?
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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

It looks like you are trying to use DAX functions in Power Query, which uses the M language.

 

Generally, it's easier to get the month string from a date field but you can make the number into a date first:

Date.ToText(#date(2000, [MonthNumber], 1), "MMM")

(The choices of year and day in the #date are arbitrarily chosen.)

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Syndicate_Admin
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Thank you that is it!  

 

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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

It looks like you are trying to use DAX functions in Power Query, which uses the M language.

 

Generally, it's easier to get the month string from a date field but you can make the number into a date first:

Date.ToText(#date(2000, [MonthNumber], 1), "MMM")

(The choices of year and day in the #date are arbitrarily chosen.)

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