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alex-JF
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3 years ago
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populating empty slots with data

Hi there, I need some kind of way to populate column "name" with names by some algorithm going through names, in indexed order and if name field empty previous name from previous fields from the sam...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi alex-JF ,

    Plesae create a calculated column.

    Name 2 = 
VAR _index =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( 'Table'[Index] ),
        FILTER (
            ALL ( 'Table' ),
            'Table'[Index] <= EARLIER ( 'Table'[Index] )
                && 'Table'[name] <> ""
        )
    )
VAR _result =
    CALCULATE (
        MAX ( 'Table'[name] ),
        FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), 'Table'[Index] = _index )
    )
RETURN
    _result

     

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m_dekorte
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3 years ago

Hi alex-JF,

 

Bring your table into Power Query

Make sure the [Name] column has nulls not empty text strings. If it does contain empty text strings go to the Transform tab, make sure the [Name] column is highlighted, select "Replace values" leave the search for field blank and enter null in the replace with field (do not add quotes!). Now you should see nulls in the empty spaces (with a right alignment)

Final step is right click the column header, select Fill, Fill Down

 

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