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Anonymous
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How to separate text form column and get other text onto another column.

Hello, 

Here we have a data on the Column "A". we need to eliminate the text "Excess" and paste other data into Column "B".

 

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Please look at this @Ahmedx. Thanks..!

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and try this in M code

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Ahmedx
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pls try this

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Anonymous
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Hello @Ahmedx ,

Thanks for your reply. 

Could you please provide the format in the power Query Editor. Because it show some errors with what I type with you gave it.!

 

Thanks.!

yes, I already wrote how to do this in power query

and try this in M code

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_AAndrade
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Try this:

IF( SELECTEDVALUE( columnA) = "EXCESS", BLANK(), SELECTEDVALUE( columnA) )





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Anonymous
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Hello _AAndrade, 

Thanks for your reply.

Could you please send it in the query editor format.

Thanks.!

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