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pratapchava
6 years agoRegular Visitor
Convert time hour to integer/number
Hi , I have a column WorkedTime as Text. For example 08:55, trying to convert 8.91 hours. and some of the columns has value morethan 24 hours Eg: 26:55, 31:40. How can I convert these type of ...
- 6 years ago
Hi pratapchava ,
For your requirement, I think you need to split the WorkedTime column firstly. You could follow my steps to have a try.
- Split column by colon
- Add a new column
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjKzMjVVitWJVjI2tDIxALMMLMBisQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [WorkedTime = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"WorkedTime", type text}}), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Changed Type", "WorkedTime", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(":", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"WorkedTime.1", "WorkedTime.2"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"WorkedTime.1", Int64.Type}, {"WorkedTime.2", Int64.Type}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type1", "Custom", each [WorkedTime.1] + [WorkedTime.2]/60) in #"Added Custom"Best Regards,
Xue Ding
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v-xuding-msft
6 years agoCommunity Support
Hi pratapchava ,
For your requirement, I think you need to split the WorkedTime column firstly. You could follow my steps to have a try.
- Split column by colon
- Add a new column
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjKzMjVVitWJVjI2tDIxALMMLMBisQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [WorkedTime = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"WorkedTime", type text}}),
#"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Changed Type", "WorkedTime", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(":", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"WorkedTime.1", "WorkedTime.2"}),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"WorkedTime.1", Int64.Type}, {"WorkedTime.2", Int64.Type}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type1", "Custom", each [WorkedTime.1] + [WorkedTime.2]/60)
in
#"Added Custom"
Best Regards,
Xue Ding
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