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extract year from
Hi all, I have a question on Power Query. I have a column that has some times dates in the right format e.g. 01/25/2025 and some times in the format e.g. Q3-2004. Is there a way I can write a code that will give me the correct year of the date for every entry?
Thanks,
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Hello there naveen73 ! If I understood your situation correctly, I think this might give the result you are searching for:
= Table.AddColumn(#"Your previous step", "Year", each if Text.Start([ColumnName],1) = "Q" then Date.StartOfQuarter(Text.Start([ColumnName],2)) else Text.End(Text.From([ColumnName], Culture.Current),4))If you keep the column formatted as a Date it should work as well!
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Hello there naveen73 ! You have to select your date column in Power Query and use the "extract year" function as follows:
And select Year -> Year and it will create a column with the year for every date.
Hope this answer solves your problem! If you need any additional help please @ me in your reply.
If my reply provided you with a solution, pleased mark it as a solution ✔️ or give it a kudoe 👍
Thanks!
You can also check out my LinkedIn!
Best regards,
Gonçalo Geraldesgoncalogeraldes thanks for your swift response.
The cells with a value of "Q1-2002" give "null" with your proposed solution. I tried your solution in the first instance but did not work.
naveen73 is your data always in the format "QQ-YYYY"?
that is exactly the problem, sometimes it is and sometimes it is not.
