{"id":173196,"date":"2023-11-10T16:26:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=173196"},"modified":"2024-07-31T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T08:43:29","slug":"demystifying-power-bi-date-formats-the-most-commonly-used-formats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/demystifying-power-bi-date-formats-the-most-commonly-used-formats","title":{"rendered":"Demystifying Power BI Date Formats: The Most Commonly Used Formats"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"173196\" class=\"elementor elementor-173196\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b9d6f33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"4b9d6f33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-469b459e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"469b459e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Power BI is a business analysis and data modelling service for confident decision-making. By connecting all your data sources at the scale you need, you can visualise and share insights across the whole organisation. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415f70ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"415f70ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-microsofts-business-intelligence-solution\">Power BI is based on the principle of Business Intelligence.<\/a> Many users have difficulty formatting dates in Power BI. Find out how to format the date in Power BI. First, a reminde<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/the-evolution-of-data-insights-data-science-vs-business-intelligence-in-the-big-data-era\">r about the tool and Business Intelligence.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5154289b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"5154289b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a945c1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a945c1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Definition of Business Intelligence<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511f1be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"511f1be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/introduction-to-business-intelligence\">The term Business Intelligence (BI)<\/a> refers to the technologies, applications, processes and skills used to collect, integrate, analyse and visualise key information for organisations.<\/p><p>By analysing large volumes of data and converting it into usable information, Business Intelligence aims to improve decision-making in the commercial, marketing, financial and managerial sectors.<\/p><p>A variety of data sources are used to create comprehensive tables that facilitate all decision-making processes:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/customer-segmentation-all-you-need-to-know\">Customer management software (CRM) ;<\/a><\/li><li>Supply chain information (suppliers);<\/li><li>Sales performance;<\/li><li>After-sales service performance;<\/li><li>Marketing expenditure and results;<\/li><li>Website data;<\/li><li>etc.<\/li><\/ul><p>The benefits of<strong> Business Intelligence<\/strong> are crucial in today&#8217;s organisations. Its tools can speed up the decision-making process, optimise areas where results fall short of expectations, increase team efficiency, generate more revenue and maintain a competitive edge.<\/p><p><strong>Business Intelligence<\/strong> also has a long-term impact for organisations: it provides an overview of the business over several years, and improves visibility of processes and areas that require particular attention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f134a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58f134a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/pexels-mikael-blomkvist-6476260.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-173199\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/pexels-mikael-blomkvist-6476260.jpg 640w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/pexels-mikael-blomkvist-6476260-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3327eb0 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3327eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-training\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More information about our Power BI traning<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f27adae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"2f27adae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5b4018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d5b4018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The main features of Power BI<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ddc36ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ddc36ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With <strong>optimum accessibility<\/strong> and visual presentation, Power BI is an effective business intelligence tool from Microsoft for organisations.<\/p><p>It is one of the most widely used tools for analysing and modelling data. Microsoft Power BI is available on computers, smartphones and cloud platforms, enabling company employees to access information and analyse data from anywhere<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-hubspot-integration-how-do-you-do-it\"> The Power BI tool<\/a> can collect data from multiple sources and formats, including Excel, PDF, CSV, SQL Server, MySQL, Access, XML, JSON and many more.<\/p><p>Power BI features include data modelling and a range of visualisation formats. Users can divide voluminous data into several categories, precisely select the possibilities and generate unique tables.<\/p><p>Table creators can also <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/exploring-the-boundaries-of-artificial-intelligence\">use artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a> to prepare data, build machine learning models and obtain information from unstructured data. The tool also facilitates the creation of subsets for more detailed analysis of the organisation&#8217;s data.<\/p><p>Finally, Power BI makes it easy to share information within the company. Reports can be sent to other team members without having to worry about security breaches. It is also possible to define which teams receive which analyses, offering an additional degree of customisation that enhances the organisation&#8217;s overall productivity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320abbfb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"320abbfb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ffd5ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47ffd5ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Changing the date format in Power BI<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36081009 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36081009\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Are you<strong> using Power BI<\/strong> but don&#8217;t know how to change the date format?<\/p><p>Discover several options and formats for displaying the date within the tool.<\/p><p>To do this:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-desktop-download-and-installation-guide\">Open Power BI on your computer<\/a> and load your data.<br \/>Make sure your data has a column for dates.*<\/li><li>In your Field panel, click on the &#8220;Date&#8221; column. This will open the tools column allowing you to change the date format in Power BI.<\/li><li>In the &#8220;Format&#8221; section, you can change the date format using the drop-down menu.<\/li><li>These choices include the popular selection dd\/mm\/yyyy (16-11-2022).<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Sometimes the date format changes when the report is published: the days and months are inverted. To solve this problem, change the default language from English US to English UK.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62c8ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a62c8ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/format-date-powerbi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-173200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/format-date-powerbi.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/format-date-powerbi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/format-date-powerbi-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/format-date-powerbi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/format-date-powerbi-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120ca3b elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"120ca3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-training\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Master date formats on Power BI<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51fb494a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51fb494a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Date format in power BI: mmm-yy<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220708e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"220708e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Changing the date format to mmm-yy (example: Jun 22) is not available in the options in <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/dax-power-bi-all-about-the-query-programming-language\">Power BI. To obtain this display, use a DAX formula.<\/a><\/p><ul><li>Open Power BI on your computer and load your data.<\/li><li>Click on the &#8220;Modeling&#8221; tab and then click on &#8220;New column&#8221;.<\/li><li>Enter the following DAX formula: Custom Column = FORMAT (&#8216;Orders'[Order Date], &#8220;MMM YY&#8221;).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5300db60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5300db60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Change date format from yyyymmdd to dd mmm yyyy<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc550dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cc550dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The yyyymmdd date format (example: 20220923) is not an optimal display. It&#8217;s much nicer to be able to read the date clearly. To achieve this, create a new <strong>column with a DAX formula.<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Click on the &#8220;Modeling&#8221; tab and then on &#8220;New column&#8221;.<\/li><li>Enter the DAX formula: dateFormatted =<\/li><li>Date(Left([Column Date],4),Right(left([Column Date],6),2),right([Column Date],2)).<\/li><\/ul><p>(You can copy and paste the formula directly into Power BI without the full stop at the end of the sentence).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330e5f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"330e5f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Date format in Power BI: abbreviation of the month<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3a5b06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c3a5b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you <strong>create a visualization table<\/strong> with the name of each month on the x-axis, some months are likely to take up too much space (like September or November, for example).<\/p><p><strong>It is therefore necessary<\/strong> to use the abbreviation of the months to optimise the display of the table.<\/p><p>To do this:<\/p><ul><li>Click on the &#8220;Modeling&#8221; tab and then on &#8220;New column&#8221;.<\/li><li>Enter the<strong> following DAX<\/strong> formula: Short_Name = Format (BIData[Date], &#8220;mmm&#8221;).<\/li><li>Now add the &#8220;Short_Name(calculated column)&#8221; to the x-axis of the table.<\/li><li>Only the first three letters of each month now appear.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bdc5bf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bdc5bf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Date format in Power BI: quarter<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d794fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37d794fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you prefer to group dates by quarter in your views, you will need to use a <strong>DAX formula again.<\/strong> The date 14\/09\/2022 will then appear as follows: Qtr 3 2022.<\/p><p>Click on the &#8220;Modeling&#8221; tab and then on &#8220;New column&#8221;.<br \/>Enter the following DAX formula: Column = BIData[Date].[Quarter] &amp;&#8221; &#8221; &amp; BIData[Date].[Year].<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245cab63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"245cab63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Date format in Power BI: am pm<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cab10cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cab10cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When the time appears in your table, it can take the form of 09:45:00 or 09:45:tt. Let&#8217;s see how to change it by adding AM or PM :<\/p><p>Click on the &#8220;Modeling&#8221; tab and then on &#8220;New column&#8221;.<br \/>Then enter the formula: AM&amp;PM = FORMAT(BIData[Date] , &#8220;m\/dd\/yy h:mm AM\/PM&#8221;).<\/p><p>The date will then be displayed as 14\/09\/22 09:45 AM.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519e2180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"519e2180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Changing the date format to months or days of the week in Power BI<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c16ca6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c16ca6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The process is similar for changing the date format in Power BI to days of the week or sorting dates by month. <strong>Only the DAX formula changes.<\/strong><\/p><p>The DAX formula for sorting dates by month: MonthName = FORMAT([Date], &#8220;mmmm&#8221;).<br \/>The DAX formula for sorting dates by day of the week: Weekdays = FORMAT(BIData[Date], &#8220;DDDD&#8221;).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c463c3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c463c3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Changing the date format to text in Power BI<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53fa2f08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53fa2f08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you wish to <strong>display dates in text format using Power BI, the method is different.<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>In the pane at the top of your screen, click on &#8220;Transform&#8221; to open Power Query Editor.<\/li><li>Here, click on &#8220;Add Column&#8221; and then on &#8220;Custom Column&#8221;.<\/li><li>Name the column (example: &#8220;FormatText&#8221;).<\/li><li>Then note the following formula: =Date.ToText(DateTime.Date([Date]), &#8220;yyyy-MM-dd&#8221;).<\/li><li>Check the syntax.<\/li><li>Click OK to validate the formula.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46937aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46937aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Changing the date format to a number in Power BI<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117e56b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"117e56b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Conversely, you may need the date in text format in Power BI. You will need a dedicated column.<\/p><ul><li>Click on the &#8220;Modelling&#8221; tab and then &#8220;New Column&#8221;.<\/li><li>Enter the following DAX formula: dateInteger = FORMAT ( [Date], &#8220;YYYYMMDD&#8221; ).<\/li><li>Then click on the &#8220;Custom Column&#8221; in your Field panel.<\/li><li>Change the &#8220;Data type&#8221; to &#8220;Whole number&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul><p>You will then have the date in number format: 20220914 (for 14 September 2022).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae359e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1ae359e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245ac4e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"245ac4e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124dec62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"124dec62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-report-builder-what-is-it-how-do-i-use-it\">Power BI is a business intelligence (BI) tool<\/a> from Microsoft that enables users to collect, model and visualise data from multiple sources and formats to <strong>improve decision-making in organisations.<\/strong><\/p><p>It is possible to change the date format in Power BI by using the date formatting options available in the tool or by creating a new<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-time-intelligence-everything-you-need-to-know-about-these-dax-functions\"> column using a DAX formula.<\/a><\/p><p>DAX formulas can be used to obtain different date formats, such as the abbreviation of the month, the quarter or the year only. It is also possible to change the default language of the tool to solve the problem of inverting days and months when publishing the report.<\/p><p>Using these techniques, you can easily change the date format in <strong>Power BI to improve the presentation of your data.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534417f4 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"534417f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-training\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Become an expert on Power BI<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a614c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"74a614c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power BI is a business analysis and data modelling service for confident decision-making. 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