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Anonymous
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Copy numerical values to new column from column that contains mixed numbers and text

Hi,

Started working with power bi not a long time ago, and I'm struggling with the following calculation:

I have a column that contains mixed numbers and text – all values in the column are text.

For example:

col

4

4

3

CDB

2

1

ABC

 

I need to copy the "numerical" values to a new column as numbers.

New_col

4

4

3

-

2

1

-

Unfortunatly In this model I can't use power query. 

Can anyone advise on how to resolve this?
 
Thank you

 

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rbriga
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Refreshing didn't solve it?

Also, for testing, try doing the same outside of Tabular Editor.

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rbriga
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If you have to do this in DAX (calculated column),

Add the column

 =IFERROR(VALUE([A]),BLANK())

Where [A] is the original mixed column.

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Anonymous
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Thank you for you response,
I wrote the query in Tabular editor (calculated column)- > 
IFERROR ( VALUE ( Fact_FormAnswerRows[Selected Answers] ), BLANK () )
And when I checked the results in PB the following error was showcased:

KatyaK_0-1626693539633.png

I'm not sure if there is something not current in my query or is it something else?




rbriga
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Refreshing didn't solve it?

Also, for testing, try doing the same outside of Tabular Editor.

-------------------------
Data analyst by day, hockey goalie by night.
Did I help? Then please hit that "kudos" or "accept as a solution" button!
Anonymous
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Thanks!
In the end it worked 🙂

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