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Breezy
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Creator II

Changing strings to yyyy dates?

I loaded my Excel sheet which included a column of years (such as 2015, 2009, 2004, etc.). When my Excel file was loaded into Qlik the dates appear as strings, 42005, 39904, etc. I would like to turn them back into years. I think I need to define that column as yyyy. However, I have not actually used the Data Load Editor before. I just have it do everything automatically. Would I click 'unlock' first?

Below is part of the script in the LOAD section. I want to change [COMPL_PER_BEGIN_YEAR] to show just yyyy. I would like to keep the [COMPL_PER_BEGIN_DATE] as it is, however, which is 1/1/2015, 4/1/2009, etc.

[COMPL_PER_BEGIN_YEAR] AS [COMPL_PER_BEGIN_YEAR],

Date([COMPL_PER_BEGIN_DATE] ) AS [COMPL_PER_BEGIN_DATE]

Your assistance is appreciated. Thank you.

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Breezy
Creator II
Creator II
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Thank you for your assistance, Sunny