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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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How to Change empty value within date value

Hi amitchandak Greg_Deckler  and team 

 

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I got an error while changing data type due there are empty field . [ Column Dockin Time ] 
actually I have other column , which I'm willing use it to fill in to empty value . [ column Reporting time ]

 

as long as Dockin Time is empty , I expect to replace value with reporting time value in same row 



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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    I think I find the reason of this issue.

    Your code is as below.

    X.DIN = IF(Query1[DockInDateTime]="",Query1[VehicleReportingDateTime],Query1[DockInDateTime])

    "" is text format, so you will get error. You can use isblank or blank instead of "".

    Try this code.

    X.DIN = IF(Query1[DockInDateTime]=BLANK(),Query1[VehicleReportingDateTime],Query1[DockInDateTime])

    Result is as below.

     

    Best Regards,
    Rico Zhou

     

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  • VijayP's avatar
    VijayP
    Community Champion
    5 years ago

    Anonymous  create a Custom Column with 

     

    if condition

    if 1st column=""  then 2nd column value else 1st column value.

    That should help you get all values and can avoid error

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      I tried this , and no works 

       

      Thanks for reply , any suggestion are appreciates

      • Greg_Deckler's avatar
        Greg_Deckler
        Community Champion
        5 years ago

        Anonymous You will need to make sure that the two columns used in your true and false returns are both of the same type. Make sure that one is not a text field and the other date for instance.

  • ryan_mayu's avatar
    ryan_mayu
    Super User
    5 years ago

    Anonymous 

    I did tests on this and get the same error message

    However, it works in PQ, have you tried that

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    I think I find the reason of this issue.

    Your code is as below.

    X.DIN = IF(Query1[DockInDateTime]="",Query1[VehicleReportingDateTime],Query1[DockInDateTime])

    "" is text format, so you will get error. You can use isblank or blank instead of "".

    Try this code.

    X.DIN = IF(Query1[DockInDateTime]=BLANK(),Query1[VehicleReportingDateTime],Query1[DockInDateTime])

    Result is as below.

     

    Best Regards,
    Rico Zhou

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.