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hi_world
Helper III
3 years ago
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insert empty value in parameter power query

Hello, 

 

i would like to add a paramater in power query with list of value like _dev and empty value

when i select dev in my parameter i will have my table like this : table_dev 

i when i select empty value i will have table


i tried with null, "", '', blank with no success 😞 

 

 

 

Do you know how to do it ?
Best regards

  • jgeddes's avatar
    jgeddes
    3 years ago

    I am assuming you want to return 'table1' if 'Blank' is selected with the parameter and 'table1_dev' if '_dev' is selected.
    In that case you would need to change your code to 

    Table1 = dba{[Name= if parameter="blank" then "table1" else "table1" & parameter ,Kind="Table"]}[Data],....

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  • You cannot have a blank value in the parameter list.
    To workaround you can add 'Blank' to the parameter list and then use an if statement to ignore the parameter if 'Blank' is selected.

     

     

    • hi_world's avatar
      hi_world
      Helper III

      hello jgeddes 
      thank you for your reponse. 

      i tried this : 

      Table1 = dba{[Name="table1"& if parameter="blank" then "" else parameter ,Kind="Table"]}[Data],....

       

      but id doesn't work 😕 
      thank you for you help

      • jgeddes's avatar
        jgeddes
        Super User

        I am assuming you want to return 'table1' if 'Blank' is selected with the parameter and 'table1_dev' if '_dev' is selected.
        In that case you would need to change your code to 

        Table1 = dba{[Name= if parameter="blank" then "table1" else "table1" & parameter ,Kind="Table"]}[Data],....