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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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Converting State Abbreviations

Hey guys,    I have a column that looks like this:   State AL Alabama TN Tennessee AL AL VA  VA Alabama Virgina Tennessee   How do I create one column that has the full name for ever...
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  • chethan's avatar
    chethan
    8 years ago

    Anonymous

     

    Import the data from http://www.stateabbreviations.us/ via Web 

     

    & go Edit Queries  use > Home Tab > Merge Queries  

     

     

        #"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Duplicated Column", "State", each if [state old] <> [#"state new"] then [#"State New"] else null )

     

    Regards,

    Chetan K

     

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trebgatte
Most Valuable Professional
8 years ago

You could look at the length of the value. If 2, then do a look up, else, show original value. This should be pretty easy to do in DAX.

 

Treb Gatte | MVP | TumbleRoad.com | PowerBICertification.com

 

 

  • malagari's avatar
    malagari
    Continued Contributor
    8 years ago

    As trebgatte mentioned, you'll need to have some master lookup table for the states abbreviation and full name.  Then you can create a new calculated column that checks the length, and pulls the [StateFullName], otherwise it defaults to the existing value.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      4 years ago

      New to Power BI & Data:  Can you provide the formula you would use to calculate length and pull state name.  Once I see it I can make the connection to how it works.