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natabird3
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5 years ago
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Create a custom column that filters only specific text values M Query

Dear all,   I am trying to create a custom column that will be filtered based on a list of specific text values (200+ text values for example). So for example i have the following sample data and e...
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    5 years ago

    Ok, I found the following solution to work for my case:
    = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Conditional Column", "Name", each if Text.Contains([Contacts],"Jake") then 1
    else if Text.Contains([Contacts],"Jane") then 1
    else if Text.Contains([Contacts],"Betty") then 1
    ...
    else 0)
    The only note! is that if a value is written jake instead of Jake it will not get it, so its case sensitive. Hope this helps to others having my problem 🙂