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    Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

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    Power BI User on 05 May 2020 19:40:38

    When connecting to Power BI datasets using Analyze in Excel, all date fields from models show up in pivot tables as text, which disables filtering or grouping for date groups.

    It is possible to fix this or give us a workaround to set columns as date?

    Thanks!

    Administrator on 14 Jun 2022 17:54:28

    This is an Excel feature that is being actively worked on by the Excel team. Updates to follow.

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    Yun Church on 02 Apr 2023 20:21:03

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    Not sure where this is in terms of priority for Microsoft but the lack of this functionality is essentially giving my team minus advantage in convincing our infra team to switch from Tableau to Power BI at enterprise level. I really hope they are making progress on this and will be releasing it soon.

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    Rob Hudson on 14 Nov 2022 02:57:01

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    Adding my endorsement for this as a *need*.We had to build a date table that we joined in, with all of the heirarchy values... but this is pretty inefficient, more than a little ugly, and requires maintenance

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    Armin Kamfiroozie on 20 Sep 2022 17:20:16

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    I can't believe this issue has not fixed after at least 3 years!! Any solution or alternative on this?

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    Daniel Pearce on 11 Jul 2022 10:48:03

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    We struggled with this problem for a good few months. Using a Dataflow solved all our problems. You can pull date directly into PowerQuery, and all datatypes come in with the expected format.

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    Anna vb on 13 May 2022 18:58:03

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    Is there an update for this fix, please?

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    Greg Z on 06 Apr 2022 18:53:28

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    It seems like there is still zero response from the Power BI employees. Can we get a confirmation as to when this is going to be implemented? Our executives and leadership team has stated that the analyze in Excel solution in it's current state is unacceptable.

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    Takuya A. Abe on 03 Mar 2022 00:56:18

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    Seems this is still occuring. Please fix....

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    DAVE SCHOENFELD on 09 Feb 2022 18:25:18

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    Just echoing other's comments that without this being fixed, using Analyze in Excel is virtually worthless for most scenarios within the reporting world.

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    Oliver Ridgill on 09 Feb 2022 15:06:12

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    Its 2022, planned for 2021. You can't use Analyze in Excel without this.

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    Chris Roberts on 20 Jan 2022 10:18:03

    RE: Analyze in Excel Date Columns - Convert Text -> Date

    Is this still happening?