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Rjesak
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6 years ago
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Calculated column based on two other columns

I've found a number of posts that seem like they should help but I haven't been able to get this to work.   I am in the Edit Query section and I select add Custom Column. I want to set the column b...
  • QuangMC's avatar
    6 years ago

    Hey, i'm new to the forum, so forgive if the answer is wrong ğŸ˜…

    I've had this error as well when trying to add a condition. If memory serves, replace & by "and"

    Like the following :

    if Text.Contains([COLUMN1], "A") and Text.Contains([COLUMN2], "B") then 1 else 0

     

    Edit : Just to further explain, the "&" in M language serves as a concatenate function, and not like an "AND" function. Since Power Query uses M language, and PBI uses DAX, you might mix them up.