Power BI
Needs VotesProvide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
Anthony Newell on 06 Jun 2016 03:38:15
Currently, the native Time Intelligence functions work on the basis of having a regular calendar
There are many instances of custom calendars like Retail 4-4-5
In order to get 'time intelligence' you can replicate the standard functions with more longwinded DAX
I would like to see out-of-the-box support for custom calendars
- Comments (9)
- Merged Idea (3)
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
Good information, thankssehackear.top
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
It would be great if there was a way to set a custom calendar. Currently all the calendar functions such as YTD, MTD, QTD, etc. function off of a standard calendar. But a large swath of industries work with different fiscal calendars, for example a Q2-Q2 calendar or in retail where fiscal calendars tend to start post February.
It would be great if we could define a start / end date for the year and define period start/end dates for months, quarters, etc.
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
It would be great if there was a way to set a custom calendar. Currently all the calendar functions such as YTD, MTD, QTD, etc. function off of a standard calendar. But a large swath of industries work with different fiscal calendars, for example a Q2-Q2 calendar or in retail where fiscal calendars tend to start post February.
It would be great if we could define a start / end date for the year and define period start/end dates for months, quarters, etc.
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
I'm using a custom retail calendar, but once published on powerbi.com the system get the date column as the reference. so when the user are using the Q&A feature and ask for this year sales, the wrong year is returned.
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
Yes!!!! You can't use any of the quick measure time intelligence features with customer calendars, among other pain points. This would save me a few hours a week.
Also, there are several custom calendar idea submissions on this board. It might be a good idea for the support team to consolidate them to get a better gauge of the interest in customer calendars.
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
This is a common problem, very surprised it doesn't have more votes.
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
I believe the 4-5-4 is similar to a 4-4-5 accounting calendar. There are some common calendars for running business, so we to request that time calculations can be set to use standard periods such as 4-4-5 and not based on a calendar year.
RE: Provide support for Custom Calendars AND default Time Intelligence Functions
This is a great idea!