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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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Curran Davis on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:45

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Auto creating the hierarchy would be nice too.

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Justin on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:27

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Please fix this soon.

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Instarea on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:56

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Please add this feature, it would be really handy.

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on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:36

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

This request is represented twice (https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/16835431-automatic-date-hierarchy-for-direct-query-data), and both register a high number of votes. Please consider this in the next prioritization cycle, as this is foundational functionality.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:35

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

This feature is much needed. Please make it happen!

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Sukhomoy Bhattacharya on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:33

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Totally agree with this

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Craig Rowley on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:27

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Totally agree with this. I just spent half a day trying to hack a way to do this, only to find it was the direct query killing things.

You're gonna have to add this if you want to claim you support interactive analytics.

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Anastasia on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:16

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Please add DATE HIERARCHY in Direct Query mode. This is crucial for me. Apart from that there is no functionality with creation of quick measure using Time functions (calculate year over year diff and so on)

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:50

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

Directquery Is so límited, it makes it not a viable function.
Date herarchy, tablets, formats.
Please work on this.
This is not functional

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:11:02

RE: Improve Direct Query Date Time Handling

So disappointed where date time hierarchy is very crucial for the report. Microsoft PowerBI team has been focusing on the wrong part of enhancement and update! Issue has been floating since 2016 and still cant see the limelight of this.

We do not want fancy features, get the core basics right first! *Furious*