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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Concatenate isNOTblank Query

Is there a way I can combine / concatenate multiple columns when some of them contain blanks? Here is a few I need together [Deviation Category] and [Deviation Category_1]

 

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion

    Do you have to do it in Power Query? I don't see an issue with DAX doing that. [Column 1] & [Column 2] & [Column 3]

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      There is a LOT of data so I'm trying to cut down on the amount it has to import. I could cut back on about 50 columns and a many millions of cells if I can get this to work. 

  • Hi Anonymous

    On the query editor you should use something like

    If columnq = null then "" else column 1 & If column2 = null then "" else column2

    Should do the trick.

    Do this
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      May have founf a work around... Is there DAX to say something like: Concatenate IF Header contains "phrase"?

  • v-juanli-msft's avatar
    v-juanli-msft
    Community Support

    Hi Anonymous 

    Based on my understanding, the columns you want to concatenate are which columns' headers has similar text like [Deviation Category] and [Deviation Category_1],

    Finally result should be like:

    Deviation Category TB#
    Late Pickup  
    Communication 1.23

     

    Is my understanding correct?

     

    Best Regards

    Maggie