Quick summary
Adding a date column in Power BI lets you organize time-based data and unlock powerful date-driven visualizations. This walkthrough covers creating a new report, entering data, adding a date column, and generating an AI-powered report in just a few steps.
Steps
- Go to your Home tab and click + New report to start building a new Power BI report.
- Import your data by pasting it directly or entering it manually using the paste or manually enter data option.
- Click the add icon to insert a new date column into your data table.
- With the date column added, start entering dates into the corresponding rows.
- Click Auto-create report to generate powerful visualizations from your project data automatically.
- Review your AI-generated report with customized visualizations by clicking View report now.



