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Hi all
I need to replicate the following excel formula in power query:
Here is my power query column:
I tried:
Error came in:
How can i fix it?
Thanks.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Text.PadStart([#"[BPP CODE]"], 10, "0")
Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension! |
DAX is simple, but NOT EASY! |
The data is already in the correct format. Just change column type to text so that the leading zeros are not removed upon load.
Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{"BPP Code", type text})
Text.PadStart([#"[BPP CODE]"], 10, "0")
Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension! |
DAX is simple, but NOT EASY! |
Thanks!
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