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Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

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Sam Bloggs on 14 Jun 2016 21:06:14

When using direct query you should be able to change a date axis to show only the month. This works using excel or when doing a transform but neither of these are possible using DirectQuery. Even workarounds like FORMAT can't be used with direct query. This really needs fixing!

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Will Drotar on 18 Jul 2023 16:02:41

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Submitted in 2016, 650+ votes. Come on, Microsoft!

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Kit MacInnes-Manby on 13 Jul 2023 10:29:46

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Why is this not standard, seems ludicrous

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Tristan Ozinga Ozinga on 23 May 2023 01:45:31

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

It's May 2023 and still this most useful feature with Import mode is not standard in Direct Query.

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Connor Doherty on 24 Apr 2023 16:26:46

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Should really be standard

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Kevin Nelson on 01 Mar 2023 22:36:01

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This would be a very useful feature.

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Mike Hapner on 04 Jan 2023 18:40:59

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How is it even possible that this isn't automatic?!?!?!?

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Sebastian Stadler on 27 Oct 2022 15:13:06

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Very much needed! - workarounds don't work at all or have not the same functionality, please make this a feature

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Katy Yeung on 04 Oct 2022 03:19:14

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

6 years pass by and people are still looking for this feature. Why isn't it implemented.

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Dylan Stewart on 09 May 2022 15:42:10

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Coming from tableau I tried for several hours trying to figure out why date hierarchy wouldn't show up. Disappointing that such a basic reporting need is not built in yet.

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Diego Ernesto Herrera Malambo on 05 May 2022 19:22:29

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Tableau has natively this option in it "Direct Query"...