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harryli
Helper II
Helper IIhow to get the index value in the string/datetime
As the above data is one DateTime value minus another DateTime value which is the DirectQuery mode. Now, I would like to transfer it to be only minutes value, but there is a situation like the...
AlexisOlson
Super User
Super UserTry using Duration.TotalMinutes to convert to total minutes.
To directly answer your question, you can use Duration.Hours to get the number of hours to multiply by 60, but this approach takes more steps than directly converting to minutes as I suggested above.
harryliHelper II
Helper IIThanks for the reply, I know this method, but I am using "DirectQuery" mode. After I import the Duration function, the system show "switch to import mode". Therefore, I have to find the transfer method in "DirectQuery" mode. Anyway, thanks for the help.
- AlexisOlson
Power BI interprets time in units of days, so you might be able to just multiply by the number of minutes in a day (24 hr/day * 60 min/hr = 1440 min/day).
I'm not sure if the conversion to decimal will fold but it's worth a try.
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjCwMjWxMjTUMzI2MFGK1QGKGFoZGVkZmEJFYgE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [current = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"current", type time}}), ToDecimal = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type",{{"current", type number}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(ToDecimal, "Minutes", each [current]*24*60, type number) in #"Added Custom"