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vat2do
Helper II
Helper II

How to edit multiple cells in a column

Hope you have a good day,

 

I have a column with different values, how i can edit multiple cells in a column using edit query in Power BI

 

For Example i have below column:

Category
brown
yellow
blue
light blue
brown
light brown
light blue

 

I need below output:

Category
Brown
Yellow
Blue
Blue
Brown
Brown
Blue

 

Thanks in Avance

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v-easonf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @vat2do 

If you are not good at coding, you can also try the buttons on the visual interface.

Please try following steps:

1. Select column 'Category' ->go to 'Transform' ->replace Values

Replace Value 'light ' with Value ''

veasonfmsft_1-1661913887278.png

2. go to 'Transform' ->'Format' ->'Capitalize each word'

veasonfmsft_3-1661914108358.png

Result:

veasonfmsft_4-1661914203367.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
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-rzhou-msft Hi Rico My earlier proposed solution is not worked??

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v-easonf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @vat2do 

If you are not good at coding, you can also try the buttons on the visual interface.

Please try following steps:

1. Select column 'Category' ->go to 'Transform' ->replace Values

Replace Value 'light ' with Value ''

veasonfmsft_1-1661913887278.png

2. go to 'Transform' ->'Format' ->'Capitalize each word'

veasonfmsft_3-1661914108358.png

Result:

veasonfmsft_4-1661914203367.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

vat2do
Helper II
Helper II

Your solution is in DAX or some other language

In power Query, not in Dax.

ddpl
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

@vat2do In power query first select column and replace "light " with blank 

Then transform the column by category "capitalize each word"

 

let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSirKL89TitWJVqpMzcnJLwczk3JKU8GMnMz0jBIFOBehGCqBzgcrjAUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Category = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Category", type text}}),
#"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type","light ","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Category"}),
#"Capitalized Each Word" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Replaced Value",{{"Category", Text.Proper, type text}})
in
#"Capitalized Each Word" 

@v-rzhou-msft Hi Rico My earlier proposed solution is not worked??

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