Change tables boolean value from true/false to yes/no

[donghoonkim1226]

Hello,

I have a table in power bi that contains some boolean values. The requestor for the report needs to see yes & no instead of true / false.

Is there a way to easily change all values of true to yes and all values of false to no?

Any help is greatly appreaciated.

Thank you!

[Peter52912]

It's really very easy.

Instead of switch statements etc,  all you need to do is:

1. Change the field type to Text

2. Replace values

[mahenkj2]

I know this is quite old question and already have solution. But I also got into this and searched for a easy solution. I understand that DAX calculated column is a good solution, and I also think doing it in Power query might be alternate good solution. I would like to just share it here:

1. Since original column is logical TRUE/FALSE, just replacing TRUE with Yes shall not work (as @romgut suggested), because this column can only replace value with logical ones (1/0 etc).

2. So instead, add a condition column as attached picture:

3. Change this new column to Text type.

4. Remove the original column.

Its done. Just wanted to share it here....

[romgut]

what about replacing the values with m-query?

[Kayak6000]

@ChrisMendoza 
thanks but doesnt work....  error as follows
'SWITCH' does not support comparing values of type Text with values of type True/False. Consider using the VALUE or FORMAT function to convert one of the values.

Active  = SWITCH('DXXXXX REGISTER'[ACTIVE],TRUE,"Yes",FALSE,"No")

what i ended up doing was creating a boolean column in power query , used this to  populate yes or no on a second column (could have left it as Boolean) but people prefer yes or no thanks

[ChrisMendoza]

@Kayak6000 - I created a sample table and my results show it works as intended. If you would like assistance with your issue please submit a question to the community (https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/td-p/1447523/jump...).

Incidently, notice [Column1] is of type 'Logical' and not 'Text'

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCgkKdVWK1YlWcnP0CYaw4EIQRiwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type logical}})
in
    #"Changed Type"

Column = 
SWITCH(
    'Table'[Column1],
    TRUE(),"yes",
    "no"
)

Column 2 = 
SWITCH(
    'Table'[Column1],
    TRUE,"yes",
    "no"
)

[Kayak6000]

Thanks @ChrisMendoza think the issue is [Column1] is of type 'Logical' and not 'Text' i will try the change type and see how i get on  Regards 

[ChrisMendoza · Accepted solution]

@donghoonkim1226,

Is it possible for you to just use SWITCH ( ) in a new calculated column?

UseSwitch = SWITCH(Table1[Column1],TRUE,"Yes",FALSE,"No") 

[donghoonkim1226]

Thank you Chris! I was able to replicate and it seems to be working smoothly.