topic Re: DAX Help for Custom/Conditional Column in DAX Commands and Tips

DAX Help for Custom/Conditional Column

raghukumarch — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:48:47 GMT

Hi,

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: DAX Help for Custom/Conditional Column

Greg_Deckler — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:51:31 GMT

raghukumarch Maybe:

DAX Column = IF(FIND("-",[C_SerialNumber],,-1) = -1, "0" & [C_SerialNumber], [C_SerialNumber])

Re: DAX Help for Custom/Conditional Column

bilalrana — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:55:40 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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