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Replacing values in one column with values from another table
- 4 years ago
Hi, Anonymous
Check whether the above search column text contains invisible characters. The simple way to avoid this error is to copy and paste the column name.
refer:
Table.ReplaceValue
Table.ReplaceValue(table as table, oldValue as any, newValue as any, replacer as function, columnsToSearch as list) as table
Here is a solution I thought of, which may help you.
I encapsulated a function that replaces the value, which can be called on the column. This works for all columns.
Create a blank query, open Advanced Editor and replace the text there with the code below. In your original query, you can then go to the Add Column tab, invoke custom function and choose this function and choose your "Old" column as the input.(inputtext as text) => let Result = List.ReplaceMatchingItems(Table.ToList(Table.FromValue(Text.From(inputtext))), List.Zip({Amendments[Current], Amendments[Replace]})) in Result{0}Result:
Please refer to the attachment below for details. Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng
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Hi, Anonymous
Check whether the above search column text contains invisible characters. The simple way to avoid this error is to copy and paste the column name.
refer:
Table.ReplaceValue
Table.ReplaceValue(table as table, oldValue as any, newValue as any, replacer as function, columnsToSearch as list) as table
Here is a solution I thought of, which may help you.
I encapsulated a function that replaces the value, which can be called on the column. This works for all columns.
Create a blank query, open Advanced Editor and replace the text there with the code below. In your original query, you can then go to the Add Column tab, invoke custom function and choose this function and choose your "Old" column as the input.
(inputtext as text) =>
let
Result = List.ReplaceMatchingItems(Table.ToList(Table.FromValue(Text.From(inputtext))), List.Zip({Amendments[Current], Amendments[Replace]}))
in
Result{0}
Result:
Please refer to the attachment below for details. Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
- Anonymous4 years agoNot applicable
Hi v-angzheng-msft , thank you so much for replying. I am very new to PBI so I've not created functions outside of the steps as yet. I will try to use your example to further my knowlege of how to do this.
- Anonymous1 year agoNot applicable
I just wanted to say that this approach SAVED me. I was thinking I'd have to manually replace multiple values in various sources, but trying these steps sped up my work immensely.