SO when I import this excel file with invoice_date column as 12/1/2010 8:26 there is an error popup and when I click on view errors it takes me to Power Query Editor where all the values in the date column are displayed as an error.
I tried changing type using Locale but it didn't work.
you may try changing Windows Regional settings.
day/month/year
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-windows-regional-settings-to-modify-the-appearance-of-some-data-types-edf41006-f6e2-4360-bc1b-30e9e8a54989?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
Is there data formatted in excel as a date? If so, change it to text and import again. that way you can try and convert to datetime field from there and get more information on why it isnt converting if it doesnt.
Also, review your data. Has something got into the datetime column that isnt datetime?
You can avoid this by splitting the date/time column in the PowerQuery transform stage in a Date column and a Time column.
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I'm using PowerBI to build a calculated table to do time calculation on an existing table.
calc_issues = CALCULATETABLE(
SELECTCOLUMNS('public issues', "created_at_dt", 'public issues'[created_at], "closed_at_dt", 'public issues'[closed_at]))
Both these columns are text in my original database and are imported as text in this calculated table. When I try to switch this calculated table into a Date/Time I get the following issue:
Cannot convert value '2021-09-09T14:55:11Z' of type Text to type Date while processing column.
Now if I go into my database table and convert the text into Date/Time there's error. But I want this new calculated table to show specific Date/Time calculations.
When I try to create a new column and try to do a DATEVALUE on the text I get the same error.
Solution: Power Editor doesn't modify the existing database table when using direct.
The query editor can be used to convert the text into time stamps. I loaded your data sample into Power Query in a blank query and it was converted automatically, even converting Zulu to my local time.
If you don't want to convert to local time, then remove the Z from the text by extracting the first 19 characters of the text, then change the data type.
I have a column "Sta" type date/time, and I want to change the format of it to be like this format "YYYYMM", or "MM-YYYY" into a new column.
and this error appears to me each time I want to change the format of the column into the new one !!!!
any idea how can I change the format by using the Format Function?
It's explicitly stated in the documentation that FORMAT function is not supported for use in DirectQuery mode. Also take a look at DAX formula compatibility in DirectQuery mode article.
The format function you use expect just one row. With a Max() function before it will work.
However, what you are looking for is in the relationship tab:
Click on your date column then go to Properties > Date time Format > Custom Format:
Here you can type in your custom format.
I am getting data from an excel file which include a column which shows duration as mm:ss:ms
But when I import the data to Power BI Desktop with Power Query, it converts this column to date/time format.
I don't know how can I solve this issue.
Any idea?
I already tried the code below:
format(((TableName[Duration] / 60)/60)/24, "HH:mm:ss")
and already tried to change the source column type from the excel to general.
PowerBI does not currently support milliseconds in date time datatype. You can convert the excel doc to general, load it into PowerBI, and multiply the value by 86400 to get the total number of seconds. Otherwise you'll need to bring it in as a string and do string manipulations to pull out the information you want.
Hope it helps.
I'm getting this error message:
Datetime column not provided as part table configuration and is required by this type of chart
I'd like to create a chart showing change in total volume over time. I have a date field created as a column that I'd like to use as a datetime but cannot figure out how.
Data is an uploaded .csv file.
How do you change a column to datetime in table configuration?
How do you change a column to datetime in table configuration?
You should be fine casting that column to a timestamp instead.
Superset complains about a missing datetime column because it's written in Python; but assuming you're querying a postgres DB, the equivalent type would be timestamp.
If your datasource is based off a query; you should be able to cast the date type to timestamp (use ::timestamp or to_timestamp()) and use that as your "datetime" column.
In process of uploading the CSV file, we should set up names of columns with dates:
check if you have date or time series in your data once you make sure of that,if the format of the date just year, then the DATETIME format is this '%Y'.
if the format is yyyy/mm/dd then the DATATIME format is "%Y/%m/%d" and for the rest of the formats check here
all these formats had to be edited in the edit dataset window in supersetclick here for image
go with the documentation it helps a lot.
Define in CSV to Database configuration before uploading:
I have imported an Excel file to Power BI service from my OneDrive for Business.
The file contains a simple Excel table and one of the fields is a date.
Now, in Power BI service, I get that field displayed as a whole number which isn't very useful to read in a report.
How do I change the field to display as date?
Thanks!
We can use FORMAT() method to format date value, Use below mentioned formula
Syntax: Column = FORMAT(Table[column],"MM/DD/YYYY")
Column = FORMAT(DailyActiveUsers[startDate],"MM/DD/YYYY")
Before my data:
After my data:
This usually works by default for true Excel dates. Anyway, just open the Edit Queries window and navigate to your table. In the column header for your Date, change the Data type to Date. Close & Apply to see the result in your report.