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How to remove default Date Hierarchy in Power BI

In this blog you will understand – “How you can remove default date hierarchy from import mode dataset in Power BI”.

When you load any dataset using import mode, Power BI automatically create a date hierarchy for all existing date fields under that dataset. See the below given screen shot-



Date hierarchy

Date hierarchy

By default this date hierarchy features is enable for import mode, but you can stop this feature by using some changes on Power BI desktop file settings.

Follow the below steps-

Go to  File –> Options and Settings –> Options –> Current File -> Data Load

and turn  off ‘Auto Date/Time’ (under Time Intelligence)

Disable date hierarchy

Disable date hierarchy



Now you can see the date field, date hierarchy has been disable.

Remove Date Hierarchy

Remove Date Hierarchy

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2 thoughts on “How to remove default Date Hierarchy in Power BI”

  1. What if i want to use my own date hierarchy?
    I defined an own date table and created my own date hierarchy. But even if i declare my own date table as PowerBi’s date table (table tools > mark as date table > …) i have only the default date hierarchy (year, quarter, month, day).

    I need in addition the week of the year. And that dimension in all date fields. But I don’t get it done.

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