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gusdahu
Helper IV
8 years ago
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Concatenation Question

Hellow Power BI community,   I currently have a direct link from PeopleSoft to my Power BI. How can I concatenate two columns using the measurement functionality?   Regards, Gus Dahu
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    v-cherch-msft
    8 years ago

    gusdahu

    To get the measure as requested, you may use SELECTEDVALUE Function:

    Measure :=
CONCATENATE (
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Column1] ),
SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[Column2] )
)


    Regards,
    Cherie

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Gazzer
Resolver II
8 years ago

Forgive the possible patronising question, but did you substitute [column1] and [column2] for the actual names of your own columns in the supplied suggestion:

 

newcolumn = [column1]&[column2]

If you did, perhaps you could supply a screenshot of what happens when you try it? I'm wondering if it could be that one of the columns needs to be a different data type to make the concatenation work.

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gusdahu
Helper IV
8 years ago

Hi Gazzer,

 

I did input the actual names into the measurement formula. The measurement was created, however when I attempt to add the measurement as a column in the table, I receive a rejection from the visual itself telling me that the information cannot be displayed.

 

Regards,

Gus Dahu