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Anonymous
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Add Custom columm problem

IF([Status]= "sold", TEXT([Days to Contract]+[Listing Date],"mmmm-yyyy"), "00")

 

When I use this DAX formula it working prefectly in Excel.

 

But when I use this in Power BI it give me error message "IF" word is not reconsigned please let me know how I can fix this. 

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v-yuezhe-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

In Power BI Desktop Report view, right-click your table and select “New Column”, then apply the following DAX.

NewColumn = IF(Table1[Status]="sold",FORMAT( Table1[Days to Contract]+Table1[Listing Date],"mmmm-yyyy"),"00")

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Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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v-yuezhe-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

In Power BI Desktop Report view, right-click your table and select “New Column”, then apply the following DAX.

NewColumn = IF(Table1[Status]="sold",FORMAT( Table1[Days to Contract]+Table1[Listing Date],"mmmm-yyyy"),"00")

1.PNG2.PNG

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

Community Support Team _ Lydia Zhang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
KHorseman
Community Champion
Community Champion

It looks like you're in the query editor. The query editor does not use the DAX language. You need to learn the power query language. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt211003.aspx

 

The syntax for an if statement in Power Query is "if <condition> then <result> else <result>". The language is case sensitive.





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