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juanriver202063
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Report Builder, convert year column from text to date

I am building a report using a power bi data set. 

I have a column Calendar Year which is a Text field. 

I want to add a simple filter which states that all dates greater than 2014 should be in the report only. 

I can't seem to convert the text field to a date field so that this filter works. 

Is there any way to convert that text calendar year to a date so I can use it to filter data in paginated reports? 

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SamInogic
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Hi @juanriver202063 ,

 

You can try to convert Year column from text to date in order to achieve this you can follow below steps and Screenshot:

  • Navigate to the Power query Editor and right click on "Calendar Year" text column.
  • Click on Change Type and select Date option as shown in below screenshot.

    SamInogic_0-1677134655854.png

     

This will result the data as follows:

 

SamInogic_1-1677134684130.png

 

If this answer helps, please mark it as Accepted Solution so it would help others to find the solution.


Thanks!

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