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How to generatively fill 'null' cells

Hi guys,   Apologies for the confusing title, I'm not quite sure how to best word this issue!   I have a table that has two main columns: Account ID and Customer Name. The Customer Name column co...
  • PowerBigginer's avatar
    2 years ago

    Filled_Name = IF( ISBLANK('YourTableName'[Name]), CALCULATE( FIRSTNONBLANK('YourTableName'[Name], 1), FILTER( 'YourTableName', 'YourTableName'[Account_ID] = EARLIER('YourTableName'[Account_ID]) && NOT(ISBLANK('YourTableName'[Name])) ) ), 'YourTableName'[Name] )

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  • Daniel29195's avatar
    2 years ago

    Anonymous 

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    steps 

    step1 : create a config table in power query  , as follow : 

    1.1 duplicate your table.

    1.2 remove duplicates

    1.3 filter column1 on not blank 

     

     

    step2 : 

    merge this table with your table on id =  id  and expand the column :  account_name ( in my scenario i named it Column1modified .

     

     

    step3 : use the replace value feature under transform tab :  ( be sure yo select your orignial account_name column ) 

     

     

     

    enter any data to replace with . 

     

     

    in the code , modifiy the replace 1 with each [ column1modified]: 

     

     

     

     

     

    let me know if this helps .

     

     

     

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