topic Re: Help for Calculated/Conditional/Custom Column in Developer

Help for Calculated/Conditional/Custom Column

raghukumarch — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:53:28 GMT

Hi tamerj1 amitchandak SpartaBI, Jihwan_Kim

Could you please help me in achieving this either in DAX or PowerQuery.
One of my column in table has values like this.

I wanted to create another column in same table by adding "0" in the begining for the values which dose not contain "-" and other value which contains "-" should remains same as it is.

For example column 'C_SerialNumber' have values like "311211025073516" and "916429-19-11"

I wanted to add '0' in the begining if the value DOES NOT Contain '-'. So the output will be "0311211025073516" and other values remains same.

Thanks

Re: Help for Calculated/Conditional/Custom Column

Greg_Deckler — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:52:52 GMT

raghukumarch DAX Help for Custom/Conditional Column - Microsoft Power BI Community

Please don't cross-post. Sorry, having trouble following, can you post sample data as text and expected output?
Not really enough information to go on, please first check if your issue is a common issue listed here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Before-You-Post-Read-This/ba-p/1116882

Also, please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

The most important parts are:
1. Sample data as text, use the table tool in the editing bar
2. Expected output from sample data
3. Explanation in words of how to get from 1. to 2.

Re: Help for Calculated/Conditional/Custom Column

raghukumarch — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:09:21 GMT

Hi Greg_Deckler Thanks for the quick response. Please find the attachment for sample data. and expected results. I couldn't find an option to attach sample data in xlsx. hence sharing a screenshot here.

Re: Help for Calculated/Conditional/Custom Column

bilalrana — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:39:09 GMT

Dear raghukumarch ,

I have implemented your scenario, Here's the few steps to achieve the required output.

Go to Home - > Transform Data

Open the Query which contains the column C_SerialNumber.

Go to - > Add Column - > Custom Column

New Column Name: CheckColumn

Custom column formula: Text.Contains([C_SerialNumber],"-")

Now click on OK.

Now again click on Add Column - > Custom Column

New Column Name: NewC_SerialNumber

Custom column formula: if [CheckColumn] = false then "0" & [C_SerialNumber] else [C_SerialNumber]

Now click on OK.

Now, check on the formula bar, if the type isn't set to text then write it in a way as below screen short and click on the tick.

Here's the desire output in a new column.

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