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Anonymous
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Creating column using another column

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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v-qiuyu-msft
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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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v-qiuyu-msft
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Community Support

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.
Anonymous
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Thank you,It is working.

 

Regards,

Alekhya

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