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Anonymous
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Measure to concanate a column with string

Hello,

 

I have a column (with categories) 

Example

AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE

And i would like to create a measure that adds a string after each line. E.g. "in %", like a sufix

AAA in %
BBB in %
CCC in %
DDD in %
EEE in %

 

Is it possible? 

 

Thank you

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

It seems the connection mode you are using is live connection.  So until now, this is the only way you can  use  to add a string. 

You add a text string. So the format cannot be converted to data .

  • Create a measure.

 

 

 

Measure = "in %" &MAX('Table'[num])

 

 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

I have modified my answer. Please check if your needs are met.

 

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Community Support Team _ Polly

 

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bcdobbs
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Really depends what you want to use the measure for. For example I don't think you can slice by a measure or use it in a row or column field.

 

You could enable the direct query for power bi datasets in the preview features and create a composite model which will let you add a column:

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-directquery-datasets-azure-analysis-s...

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g-nRxDVt3To



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Anonymous
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I would like to put it to rows and next to each category (including " %") have a column with numbers.

AAA in %25
BBB in %2
CCC in %54
DDD in %56
EEE in %6

Something like this

smpa01
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@Anonymous  the measure would be

Measure = MAX(tbl[c1])&" in %"

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Anonymous
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That would only add the string to the last line of the column not? 

@Anonymous this will add that prrfix to each string

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bcdobbs
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Hi,

I think you want a calculated column rather than a measure.

 

Following DAX will do what you need:

 

New Column = Table[Original Column] & " in %"



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Anonymous
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I have a limited dataset, I canť see data or add any additional columns into tables. Only measures is possible to create. 

 

So I´m curious if this works for any measures? 

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