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HamidBee
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4 years ago
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Cleaning Data, Fill Down

I'd kindly like to ask how to remove the dates from the this column so that they are blank and then replace the blank cells with the region by filling down. So basically the dates should be replaced ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi HamidBee ,

     

    Please try the following formula to directly tranform the column instead of adding a new custom column:

      #"Transformed Column"= Table.ReplaceValue(Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Column1",each Text.Remove(_,{"0".."9"})}) ,"//",null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column1"} ),

     

    Best Regards,
    Eyelyn Qin
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
4 years ago

How I would do it

1) make an extra helping column, depicting the rows with dates:

Add conditional column (Helpcolumn) > if column1 contains "/" Then null Else OK

2) add an extra column with the correct contents

Add Conditional column (Cleaned): if Helpcolumn equals OK Then Column1 Else Helpcolumn

 With the last statement you just grabbed the normal information from your first initial column (Aberdeen etc) and gave null (blank values) when it's a date.

Now, if you select the output column (Cleaned) and then hit Fill > Down, it should do exactly what you requested.

 

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Cheers

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HamidBee
Power Participant
4 years ago

This is a good method and I think there may be a few ways to do it like this. I was however trying to find a way to do it without creating any columns although I'm not sure that it's possible.