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Hi,
I need some help identifying rows with conditional logic in poweBI Desktop, I've outlined the details below.
I've attempted to create a new custom column within the query editor with the following conditions:
repLogic =
if (
[Status] = "Open" or "Active" or "New"
and
([Impact] >= 4 and [Likelihood] >= 4
or
Text.Contains([TagNames], "portfolio")
))
then 1
else 0
I don't get any syntax errors but its clearly not working how I intended it to 😉
I get the following error in most but not all rows:
Expression.Error: We cannot convert the value "Active" to type Logical.
Details:
Value=Active
Type=Type
I understand that I'm mixing boolean with text so I'll need to find a way to convert the [Status] value to a boolean.
My questions:
Solved! Go to Solution.
@tstraker try following code
if (
( [Status] = "Open" or [Status] = "Active" or [Status] = "New")
and
(
([Impact] >= 4 and [Likelihood] >= 4)
or
Text.Contains([TagNames], "portfolio")
)
then 1
else 0
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@tstraker try following code
if (
( [Status] = "Open" or [Status] = "Active" or [Status] = "New")
and
(
([Impact] >= 4 and [Likelihood] >= 4)
or
Text.Contains([TagNames], "portfolio")
)
then 1
else 0
Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!
Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo
If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤
Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
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Thanks @parry2k
I was prompted for an additional right parenthesis, I added that and ran it (screenshot below).
I then had to clean up a few null values in my [TagNames] and [Status] fields but it worked!
Thanks for the tweak!
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