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jitpbi
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5 years ago
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Slicer on DateTime field

Hi,

 

Is there any workaround possible to use both date and time when the type of slicer is Between?

Using visual/page level filter or filter at service is not preferable at all.

 

Thanks

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    hi jitpbi - You can try  the below approach

     

    1. I extracted the minutes from the Date time field 

    Mins = MINUTE('Z-DateTime-Sort'[DateTime])
     
    2. Created a Hour-Mins column
    Hour-Mins = 'Z-DateTime-Sort'[Hour] + DIVIDE('Z-DateTime-Sort'[Mins], 60)
     

     

    3. Use the Hour-Mins column in the slicer - it would display time as "hh:mm" but more in the format displayed below

    Please mark the post as a solution and provide a 👍 if my comment helped with solving your issue. Thanks!

     

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    hi jitpbi - I am not too clear on the request - can you provide a screenshot on what your data looks like and what is the expected output? thanks! 

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      jitpbi
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      Hi Anonymous ,

       

      Please refer the below screnshot where first 2 slicers are "Dropdown" and "List" type while the third one is type of "Between" 

       

      the same field (Datetime) is used for all three slicers above but time doesn't come in the third slicer. I want the time should also there along with the date in third type of slicer. 

       

      Thanks

       

       

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        hi jitpbi - The between slicer is not enabled to work with times - if you are using date time in slicers then you can only use the list and dropdown option. You can refer to the below link for a similar question: 

        https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Slicer-Date-and-Time/td-p/120431/page/2

         

        The between slicer gives the user an option to use a date picker and hence designed to work with just dates even though you are adding a datetime column to the slicer. 

         

        Unfortunately the only option with regard to Time is the "Relative Time" option; but not sure if that will serve your requirement

         

        Please mark the post as a solution and provide a 👍 if my comment helped with solving your issue. Thanks!