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bpratt
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10 years ago

Analyze in excel insert timeline error

I have a date table with a date column with data type = 'date' formatted as date in my power bi model. When I export the dataset with Analzye in Excel I cannot insert a timeline slicer. I get the err...
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Anonymous
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10 years ago

Hi bpratt,

What is your data source? Based on my test, when I use SSAS database as data source, after exporting the dataset with Analyze in Excel, I am able to insert a timeline slicer as shown in the following screenshots.



However, when I use other types of data source, I can reproduce your error message. It seems that Excel cannot recognize the Date column properly.



Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

  • rbhandal's avatar
    rbhandal
    New Member
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

    I was wondering if there have been any updates on this issue?  I'm encoutering the same issue and was hoping it would have been resolved by now.  Any help would be apprecaited.

     

    Thanks.

  • rbhandal's avatar
    rbhandal
    New Member
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

    I'm just wondering if there have been any updates or fixes for this issue.  I've encountered the same issue when my original data source is a simply Excel file.  Our organization would like to use the advantages of PowerBI yet still have the final results (analysis) in Excel.  Any updates would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.

    • landoncope's avatar
      landoncope
      Frequent Visitor
      8 years ago

      I also await a fix for this issue.