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OE_APerron
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IF Then else Statement with Text.Combine

Hello all,

 

I'm trying to figure out the proper syntax to combine to fields in a Custom column knowing that one of my field contains either number or text,

when I straight use Text.Combine all my records with number value return as error: Token comma expected error 

Custom column_PowerBI.jpg

Can someone help with the proper syntax or potential solution?

The expected result is "[MFG Part No.], [Part Description]"

Thanks,

AP

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parry2k
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@OE_APerron in your expression, if and then show be lower case, M language is case sensitive.

 

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parry2k
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@OE_APerron in your expression, if and then show be lower case, M language is case sensitive.

 

I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

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Thanks for the tip!

 

Afther a couple of iteration, below is the proper Syntax (corrections in red):

 

if (Value.Is([#"MFG Part No."], Number.Type) = true) then Text.Combine({Text.From( [#"MFG Part No."]), [Part Description]}, ", ") else Text.Combine({[#"MFG Part No."], [Part Description]}, ", ")

 

Thanks @parry2k 

 

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