How To Add Calendar In Power Bi

How to Add Calendar in Power BI

Power BI does not have a built-in calendar visual, but you can create a calendar table in Power Query and use it as a slicer or filter in your Power BI reports. Here’s how you can add a calendar in Power BI:

1. Create a new query in Power Query Editor to generate a calendar table. You can do this by following these steps:
• Go to the “Home” tab in Power Query Editor.
• Click on “New Source” and select “Blank Query.”
• Open the “Advanced Editor” from the “View” tab.
• Copy and paste the following code into the editor:

let
    StartDate = #date(2022, 1, 1),
    NumberOfYears = 5,
    NumberOfDays = NumberOfYears * 365,
    Dates = List.Dates(StartDate, NumberOfDays, #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)),
    #"Converted to Table" = Table.FromList(Dates, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Converted to Table", {{"Column1", "Date"}}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Date", type date}})
in
    #"Changed Type"
      

2. Click on the “Done” button to close the Power Query Editor.
3. Load the generated calendar table into your Power BI report by selecting “Close & Apply” from the “Home” tab in Power Query Editor.
4. Once the calendar table is loaded into Power BI, you can use it as a slicer or filter to analyze your data. For example, you can add a slicer visual to your report, and select the “Date” column from the calendar table as the slicer field.

By using the generated calendar table as a slicer or filter, you can easily filter your data based on specific dates or date ranges in Power BI. This allows you to create dynamic reports that can be analyzed by different time periods.