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Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

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Riccardo Muti on 13 Nov 2014 09:53:55

If I have a date/time field in my data, I should be able to view metrics by year, by month, by day, by day of week, by time of day, and so on. I should be able to drill from month down to day, back up to month, and so on.

I should also be able to ask for 'last 7 days' or '12 months ago' in my formulas, filters etc.

I shouldn't need to create a "Date" table and all of these fields in my data. As long as I have a date/time field in my data, I should be able to do this analysis easily in the Power BI report (or Q&A).

Administrator on 11 May 2017 06:45:53

In the May release of Power BI Desktop we shipped a preview of the relative date slicer. To learn more check out this blog post: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-feature-summary/ In addition, the new Quick Measures feature has a bunch of time intelligence calculations that you can add to your model. Learn more about that feature here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/quick-measures-preview/

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cf5540dc a172-4b4d-823a-0635c3e292c3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:44

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

I would like to see the option for an interactive graph where we can visualise changes per time period. For example on the map, you can see volumes in locations growing or decreasing over time like in a movie.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:48:55

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

This should not be closed yet. It's still not possible to easily filter data by month, week, day, etc as mentioned in this idea. The only part completed were the second sentence "I should also be able to ask for 'last 7 days' or '12 months ago' in my formulas, filters etc", the rest is still pending.

It would be great if we had the possibility to select for example "filter by month", then have a dropdown list (or buttons) with all the months available in dataset. Or either give the possibility to block the interval of days between start date and end date in date slicer (ie: 7 days) so the user could simply move the interval shown forward and backward in time with just one click

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028b0aad b0c4-48e0-8ce4-514ade883697 on 05 Jul 2020 22:48:15

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

Love the amount of progress MS is making adding features. However, this can't be closed yet. While a slicer is great for user experience, we need the same ability in the filters!

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d66e3a19 ca21-4349-8288-8d196d46aca3 on 05 Jul 2020 22:48:14

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

Hey, the relative date slicer is really cool. BUT it is not possible to change from "relative" to "between" (or other options) after the Slicer in the Report is published and viewed in PBI Web. Correct? Will that be implemented as well?

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a24b63fb ce34-425b-a2f5-6b6f987813e2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:43:52

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

I brought in date field but it did not sort logically by month within year.

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87034ea9 ed13-4a4f-91ab-32b25b586c80 on 05 Jul 2020 22:43:17

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

Hi, is this related to also being able to plot times on a y-axis of a scatter graph as well? As per the following link:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Plotting-times-on-a-graph/m-p/13616#M3460
I work in the transport sector and it's paramount to plot times (y) vs service number (x)

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7faa3384 ffd2-4f0d-9aa8-5dce70d12432 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:36

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

Need hierachy to be configurable eg turn off Quarters or turn on Week No

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276d1d03 70e0-4217-af59-6a6f06993066 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:57

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

Any Type of SQL or SSAS Performance reporting needs Date / Time in the X axis

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f8c6888d 9d38-4ba7-8413-16152660b395 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:05

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

Would be nice to be able to split dates in Q's as well. E.g. for Gannt charts I have situations when Years is to coarse and Months are to detailed.

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28164cec 9c31-e711-80f4-fc15b428ab70 on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:26

RE: Analysis by date/time: View data by year, month, day, day of week, time of day, etc.

I agree, to messy and time consuming to create DAX formulas an new metrics.

Would be nice to in a date slicer be able to set "Today", "Last week" etc.