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Alisea_MI
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Resolver II

Conditional Substring

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!

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DataZoe
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@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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Alisea_MI
Resolver II
Resolver II

Thank you so much, @DataZoe ! Works perfect!

DataZoe
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@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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