Help with DAX to Trim

[jsabo]

Hello,

I am trying to trim 4 characters off the back of a field. For instance, the field might contain "HOUSTON, TX (42H)" and I would like to have a custom column which will contain only "HOUSTON, TX". Here is the DAX I am trying to use, but am getting an error regarding Type Text to Type Number:

Trimmed Work Loc = left('All Current Employees'[Work Location],LEN('All Current Employees'[Work Location]-5))

Any ideas? Thanks.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Your parens just aren't lined up right.

Trimmed Work Loc = left('All Current Employees'[Work Location],LEN('All Current Employees'[Work Location])-5)

[jsabo]

Thanks, @Anonymous. Now I get an error stating, "An argument of function 'LEFT' has the wrong data type or has an invalid value".

There will be times that there are blanks, I don't know if that's the issue here?

[jsabo]

Got it, just used this:

Trimmed Work Loc = if('All Current Employees'[Work Location] ="", "",left('All Current Employees'[Work Location],LEN('All Current Employees'[Work Location])-5))

thanks, @Anonymous!