topic Re: IF STATEMENT NOT ACCEPTING TABLE NAME IN CUSTOM COLUMN FORMULA in DAX Commands and Tips

IF STATEMENT NOT ACCEPTING TABLE NAME IN CUSTOM COLUMN FORMULA

pbianalyst — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 03:18:05 GMT

Would appreciate assistance with a custom column and trying to create that references values in another column using an IF statement as follows:

IF ('MEDICAL'[DX_1] IN DISTINCT 'MH_ICD10_CODES'[MH_ICD10_CODES],"Y","N"))

Unfortunately, the formula does not recognize the table MEDICAL and underlines the letter C with a ~ in Red.

The table name is correct and exist in the data schema.

Any suggestions as to why PBI is not recognizing this table name in the custom formula will be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help!

amitchandak — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 04:43:10 GMT

pbianalyst , Try like

IF ('MEDICAL'[DX_1] IN DISTINCT('MH_ICD10_CODES'[MH_ICD10_CODES]),"Y","N")

pbianalyst — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:53:34 GMT

Thanks so very much for your help! Unfortunately, PBI continues to generate the same error. Please see below:

Thanks again!

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:17:58 GMT

I think you use dax in Power Query Editor. We need to use M code to create custom column.

My Sample:

Try this code:

if List.Contains(MH_ICD10_CODES[MH_ICD10_CODES],[DX_1]) = true then "Y" else "N"

Result is as below.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.