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admin11
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I need to Extract first 3 character ?

Hi All

 

Can some one share with me how to do the above mentioned ?

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lukiz84
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Power BI / DAX: Add a calculated column with the Code:

 

CalculatedColumn := LEFT([Customer/Vendor], 3)

 

PowerQuery:

 

nextStep = Table.AddColumn(previousStep, "newColumn", each Text.Start([#"Customer/Vendor"], 3), type text)

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Ashish_Mathur
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Hi,

In the Query Editor, you may also try the "Column from Example" feature.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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Ashish_Mathur
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Hi,

In the Query Editor, you may also try the "Column from Example" feature.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

@Ashish_Mathur @Thank you very much for sharing 

You are welcome.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
Hariharan_R
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Hi @admin11 

As you are in Power query use Text.Start function in the new custom column.

Ref - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/text-start

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lukiz84
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Power BI / DAX: Add a calculated column with the Code:

 

CalculatedColumn := LEFT([Customer/Vendor], 3)

 

PowerQuery:

 

nextStep = Table.AddColumn(previousStep, "newColumn", each Text.Start([#"Customer/Vendor"], 3), type text)

@lukiz84 @Hariharan_R 

thank you very much

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