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Dom87326
Helper II
4 years agoBulk replace text values in single step
Hello, I'm trying to replace multiple text values in one power query step. In the example below, New York and Los Angeles should be changed to Boston. Any help appreciated. Tha...
- 4 years ago
In a Custom column put following
= if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A]See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8kstV4jML8pWitWJVnLKLy7JzwMzffKLFRzz0lNzUovBfI/8Uricb2ZibqZSbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Column A" = _t]), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Column B", each if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A]) in #"Added Custom" - 4 years ago
For same column, insert this step where Source should be replaced with your previous step
= Table.ReplaceValue(Source,each [Column A],each if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A],Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column A"})
Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
4 years agoIn a Custom column put following
= if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A]See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8kstV4jML8pWitWJVnLKLy7JzwMzffKLFRzz0lNzUovBfI/8Uricb2ZibqZSbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Column A" = _t]),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Column B", each if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A])
in
#"Added Custom"