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whitakerj
8 years agoRegular Visitor
Checking a column for alpha and alpha numeric characters
Hello, I am relatively new to power bi so please be patient. I am trying to audit data and flag rows that are not all numeric. Here is a sample of my data Phone Number __________...
- 8 years ago
You can use the Value function together with IsError.
Like this:
IsNum = NOT(ISERROR(VALUE([Phone])))
If you want to alow dahes between the numbers you can add a SUBSTITUTE function around the [Phone] field.
IsNum = NOT(ISERROR(VALUE(SUBSTITUTE([Phone];"-";""))))
Hope this helps.
waltheed
Impactful Individual
8 years agoYou can use the Value function together with IsError.
Like this:
IsNum = NOT(ISERROR(VALUE([Phone])))
If you want to alow dahes between the numbers you can add a SUBSTITUTE function around the [Phone] field.
IsNum = NOT(ISERROR(VALUE(SUBSTITUTE([Phone];"-";""))))
Hope this helps.
whitakerj
8 years agoRegular Visitor
Thank you very much!