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Creating column using another column

‎05-24-2018 02:56 AM

Hello,

 

I have one column with the values text,blanks,and dates(Datatype is String).I would like to create another column from that column with the values,year from datevalue and remain are same.Please help for this.

 

Thanks,

Alekhya

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‎05-24-2018 11:18 PM

Hi @Anonymous,

 

You can go to Query Editor, create a custom column via: 

 

=try Date.Year(Date.FromText([Column1])) otherwise [Column1]

 

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Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu 

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‎05-24-2018 11:18 PM

Hi @Anonymous,

 

You can go to Query Editor, create a custom column via: 

 

=try Date.Year(Date.FromText([Column1])) otherwise [Column1]

 

 q4.PNG

 

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu 

Community Support Team _ Qiuyun Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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‎05-25-2018 04:56 AM

Thank you,It is working.

 

Regards,

Alekhya

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