Solved: Re: Converting State Abbreviations

Anonymous · ‎09-20-2017

Hey guys,

I have a column that looks like this:

State

AL

Alabama

TN

Tennessee

AL

VA

Alabama

Virgina

Tennessee

How do I create one column that has the full name for every state?

chethan · ‎09-20-2017

@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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chethan · ‎09-20-2017

@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

trebgatte · ‎09-20-2017

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 · ‎09-20-2017

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.

Dan Malagari
Consultant at Headspring

Anonymous · ‎10-12-2021

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.