Kevin H on 08 Sep 2017 04:29:54
For example: when the Power BI data model first creates a column with Data Type = 'Date', by default that column is formatted like 'Wednesday, March 14, 2001 (dddd, MMMM d, yyyy)'.
Then, I always go to the Modeling tab, and use the Format drop-down to change it to '2001-03-14 (yyyy-MM-dd)'.
Instead, I would like to be able to go into the "Options" menu in Power BI Desktop, and have a section where, for each Data Type (or at least Date, Date/Time, Decimal Number and Whole Number), I can set the default Format.
So that I don't have to manually change it every single time!
It would also be nice to add this as a setting in the Power BI Service. Set default Formats (maybe for the entire tenant, or maybe by user?) when creating a data model using the Power BI Service.
- Comments (76)
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
How is this still not integrated into Power BI? It is SUCH a pain to have to set this EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
I would give this 1000 votes if I could!!! I NEVER use timestamps and it's a pain to have to change the format to get rid of them every single time. How was the ability to set the default date format not in the settings from day one??
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
Agree with Jennifer. This default makes no sense to me and we should really be able to set this in settings.
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
How easy would this be for Microsoft to fix ?? Five years and we are all still complaining about the LONG date default formatting which I swear absolutely NOBODY PREFERS ! Microsoft, you're killin me!!
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
This is one feature that needs to be added! I am spending hours just reformatting to Short Date on EVERY report! would love to set a global default!
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
Is this ever going to be fixed? Who uses the Long Date format? I love spending the first 30 minutes of building a report doing nothing but fixing date formats....
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
If you have 20 date columns, you need to do this 20 times. If you need to change the display format, another 20 times.....So annoying!!
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
Completely bizarre that this is the default behavior - and frankly pretty revealing of a lot of the issues as Microsoft. So many arbitrary and frustrating design choices. Literally the only reason I use any of their products is because I'm in the medical field and effectively have to thanks to their monopoly.
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
We have hundreds of date fields, and what a pain to convert one at a time.
RE: Set the data model's default Format, for each Data Type
Has this even been seen by the BI devs? Going on 6 years since it was suggested, with no way around for us who have to manually edit hundreds of date / number / percentage fields... It takes SO long for everything to load too when I change the formats!