Business Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI - with Material - Extracting the Date and Time

This video tutorial demonstrates how to use Power Query to extract date or time from a date and time column. It covers the steps to extract either date or time separately and how to remove unnecessary columns after extraction. The tutorial emphasizes the simplicity of using Power Query for these tasks, highlighting the ease of performing these actions with just a few clicks.

What is one of the simplest methods to extract date or time from a date-time column?

• Manual data entry

• Using complex formulas

• Power Query

• Advanced coding

Which option should you select in Power Query to extract only the date from a date-time column?

• Time only

• Date only

• Remove column

• Date and time

What happens to the data type when you extract only the date from a date-time column?

• It becomes undefined

• It remains as date-time

• It changes to text

• It changes to date

How can you extract only the time from a date-time column in Power Query?

• Manually edit the data

• Use a custom formula

• Select the 'time only' option

• Select the 'date only' option

What can you do if you no longer need a column after extracting date or time?

• Duplicate the column

• Right-click and remove the column

• Rename the column

• Hide the column