Get certified for free when you join Fabric Data Days 2026 and dive into Fabric, Power BI, SQL, AI, and other essential data skills.
Join nowJuly 7 - July 17 | Round 2 of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships. Don't miss your chance! Learn more
Time intelligence quick measures can only be grouped or filtered by the Power BI-provided date hierarchy or primary date column."),
How does time intellingence work on a data warehouse with own data hierachy or what does primary dat column mean?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Got a solution from PBI support.
========SOLUTION TEXT STARTS========
One easy way to solve the ussie is to transform the date from a text to a date value using the UK format:
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("fVRRcsUgCLxLvjsjYIzmLJl3/2tUGht3ie2fDALLsnBdW9YkOZnosX2+rq2/b7P+mFmSnNPbTbVp6p5k589o9sxtmnYO7x1rNamAaUkVzJbEZmx/S4FUQiDde4C3cCGODf32ovjZG0QYQrFaBhuj7jG8a3IOQiV7LHR7x+dzcPWQI7rAPFI1guFeZXJWsZMNgPEQO2BkBqmMqr3mC6i8BeBKAlfGQgqx/Fm5bpcZSkUbNRhEqCwzhwGpfAoVUhWObaRYBwnkOO2V2QCJ2q939FtfTJZF3SkzYxh10dEwhToKG/rmmTR5siYZZCQnaLKwzCphDgNdaANbMDKDroRX0jVZmEnWBtGe+W4odRRQ9bq47GH3+5vMzCDfV+XvI+MwYNnDJQw89/HhBMOdjKdAaXF8KCezAXXjuHk1/F7xqaeRFa57EDmO2f5lA2b0HNUe+/kG", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t]),
#"Changed Type with Locale" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source, {{"Date", type date}}, "en-GB")
in
#"Changed Type with Locale"
In the Query Editor > Advanced query editor, you have to replace your
#"Changed Type with Locale"= ……………………………….” (whatever is there in middle), please replace this with the below one and close and apply and now run the DAX query will work
#”Changed Type with Locale” = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source, {{"Date", type date}}, "en-GB")
========SOLUTION TEXT ENDS========
Sorry i can't see the image- can you explain please?
Thank you.
Have updated the image.
You will have to go into File->Options and Settings->Options->Current File->Data Load
Hi
I have the same issue but in a measure. My time intelligence button is ticked.
Do you have any suggestions? I have been spending the last 3 days trying to get the year to date formula working but it is just not happening.
Many thanks!!
I have the same problem. Using Quick measure with Time Intelligence generates Dax-function with this error-message. I have no problem in creating manually the Dax-function for for example TotalYTD. I have a date-table with correct date-cllumn as primary key. So why is the Quick measure not working? I use the latest Power BI Desktop version, I downloaded today.
Join us in Barcelona for FabCon and SQLCon, the Fabric, Power BI, SQL, and AI community event. Save €200 with code FABCMTY200.
Join Fabric Data Days 2026: 60 days of free live/on-demand sessions, challenges, study groups, and certification opportunities.
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 22 | |
| 12 | |
| 10 | |
| 10 | |
| 4 |
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 32 | |
| 27 | |
| 26 | |
| 25 | |
| 21 |