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bigsol84
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Helper I

calculate decimals instead of whole number

Hi,

 

im trying to calculate the duration column which has decimals. when i change data type to whole number then the numbers round up and the measures works but if i leave data type as decimal then measures doesnt work. how do i get around this? ta

 

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i was able to sort it out. thanks for reaching out @mussaenda. one of the date columns for some reason defaulted to another data type hence when i was choosing form the slicer it wasnt working. 

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bigsol84
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Helper I

im not getting no error, however when i pick use the date slicer to see if numbers are correct then it returns blank?

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i was able to sort it out. thanks for reaching out @mussaenda. one of the date columns for some reason defaulted to another data type hence when i was choosing form the slicer it wasnt working. 

mussaenda
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Hi @bigsol84 ,

 

what is showing on the error?

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