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Mk60
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2 years ago
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Custom Column or Measure?

My very first question, new to Power Bi. I am trying to find the way to create new measure or new column called "NewProduct" using text values from the existing column. So I tried to use simple If st...
  • barritown's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hi Mk60,

     

    I'd recommend you to check the SWITCH function.

     

    You could do something like this:

    In plain text:

    Calculated Column = 
    SWITCH ( TRUE (), 
    [Value] IN { "CC-20b", "CC-50b", "CC-50d", "CC-50n" }, "Product A",
    [Value] IN { "83", "888", "98", "CC-75" }, "Product B",
    BLANK () )

     

    Best Regards,

    Alexander

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  • Mk60's avatar
    Mk60
    2 years ago

    So happy to receive my very first reply with a great DAX suggestion that worked for me! Thanks so much, Alexander! Greatly apprecite your time and consideration to respond to a brand new user 🙂