topic Re: Help with Text Comparison Formula in Desktop

Help with Text Comparison Formula

New2PowerBI — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:54:52 GMT

I have one table; with "VIN" numbers, one called Serial#(Audra List) and the other called VIN NUMBER (Maximo List).

I added a new column with the following:

Comparison = if(VehicleComparison_ChristieDent[Serial# (Audra List)] = VehicleComparison_ChristieDent[VIN NUMBER (Maximo List)], 1, 0)

Everything came back "0" but I know there is at least one row where the values that did not match. I don't understand why my formula isn't working.

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:09:59 GMT

My only guess would be some leading/trailing spaces that need to be trimmed out.

New2PowerBI — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:25:45 GMT

? I've not dealt with that before; how can I trim the data?

New2PowerBI — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:40:00 GMT

Disregard my last one; did a quick look up on trimming data and trimmed both columns, worked!! Thanks!!