DAX has various date functions we can use to help us visualize data. Let’s go through an example.
In our dataset, we have order lines and we have the orders associated with them. Orders have a date field, i.e. when our customer placed the order:
We have an active relationship in Power BI matching our orders and lines:
We can derive the year, month, day, hour, minute and second from a given date time:
We will next explore how to use time intelligent functions.
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