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Hi All,
I created a SSAS MD, I have a date dimension "chargedate", in this I have the following attributes,
DATEKEY,DISPLAYDATE,YEAR,QUARTER,MONTH,WEEK. The display date has datatype as Regular, but when I tried to change it to Date, it is reverting to Account. Please advice.
Thanks
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Hi @BK,
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Hi BK,
You can try reopening the project or changing to a different version of VS. if this doesn't solve your problem, I suggest you go to the VS feedback site and post this thread.
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/VisualStudio/report?entry=problem
Best regards,
Seeya
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You could try to create a new attribute with the same name and set its data type to "Date" and then use this new attribute in your calculations and hierarchies instead of the original one.