Invalid Dates to Avoid Refresh Failure

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how to handle invalid dates to avoid refresh failure?

CREATE VIEW DW.vwOpenOrders
AS
SELECT 
   Column1
  ,Column2
  ,Calendar_Date = CASE WHEN LEFT(CONVERT(CHAR(10), Calendar_Date), 2) IN('19','20') THEN Calendar_Date ELSE NULL END
FROM DW.OpenOrders

I used this code but it didn't help. Can anyone help me with some other method?

Help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Lewis

[v-xuding-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Do you check if there are any invalid dates or null values in your table? Please try to connect the date souce in Desktop and refresh manually to check if it works.

I find a blog which introduces two ways. One is what you tried. Another is transforming data in Query Editor. If you didn't try it, please see below:

>>Option 2: In the Power BI Query Editor. Alternatively, you could do something like this in your M script (this Table.TransformColumns snippet was provided by the Microsoft support team):

Reference:

https://www.sqlchick.com/entries/2018/3/8/data-refresh-issues-in-the-power-bi-service-due-to-invalid-dates

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Error-Message-Invalid-date-time-2016-05-24-from-SQL/td-p/438003

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Remove-Error-in-Date-Field/td-p/347460

Best Regards,

Xue Ding

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