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Formatting a date in an MDX query
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Formatting a date in an MDX query

Thought I'd add a note as I was getting confused with the built-in function "FormatDateTime()". The example is shown as: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat.ShortDate) The other formats are: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat.GeneralDate) =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat...

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Returned a data type that is not valid
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Returned a data type that is not valid

Thought I'd put a note on this error. Bearing in mind that this is a general data type error and not just because I tried to convert a date in SQL format to a Month name. An error occurred during local report processing. An error has occurred during report processing. The Group expression used in grouping 'table1_month...

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Error during processing - Converting Date/Time
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Error during processing - Converting Date/Time

Well I find myself again the dummie of the Internet. I basically came across this error and STFW'd for ages following complex T-SQL Timestamp conversions but to no avail. Not saying that you shouldn't try their solutions but just check you haven't done this silly mistake. I'm only guessing the same error would happen i...

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