Hi,
I've imported an excel file into VA,
I've got a field which is a timestamp (dd/mm/yyyy:hh:mm) , but it is taken as character by VA.
if I create a calculated item , how can I convert it from char to date?...
any idea about the instruction?
thanks a lot!
Silvia
You might be encountering the issue in 52060 - SAS® Visual Analytics might import date values in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as character.... Can you confirm that the value in Excel is truly stored as time?
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Hi Silvia,
I believe that the Parse() operator should do what you need.
Parse() is categorized as a "Text (simple)" operator. Select the ANYDTDTE format to return a date value, or ANYDTDTM to return a date-time value.
Hope that helps!
Sam
Could it be that you're experiencing a similar issue as before? https://communities.sas.com/thread/64936
Please check your Excel file for any characters in the column. If there are missing dates, how are they represented?
Kind Regards,
Michelle
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