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Hi,
I need to set up a conditional column, which looks at the first three characters in a text column and if the third character is " ", it should return the first two characters, else "null".
Example: ZW BY 34 should return ZW. SSRS 43 YT should return "null".
Would be grateful for any input on this!
Solved! Go to Solution.
@Alisea_MI You could try a calculated column such as
Substring =
IF (
MID ( Customer[Name] , 3, 1 ) = " ",
LEFT ( Customer[Name] , 2 ),
BLANK ()
)
Respectfully,
Zoe Douglas (DataZoe)
Follow me on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoedouglas-data
See my reports and blog at https://www.datazoepowerbi.com/
@Alisea_MI You could try a calculated column such as
Substring =
IF (
MID ( Customer[Name] , 3, 1 ) = " ",
LEFT ( Customer[Name] , 2 ),
BLANK ()
)
Respectfully,
Zoe Douglas (DataZoe)
Follow me on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoedouglas-data
See my reports and blog at https://www.datazoepowerbi.com/
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