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IF cell contains X then new column cell text is Y

I have this Datasource column below.

How can I create a column so that whenever it reads "MAN" the new column cell is populated with "Manchester"? LON for London, etc...

 

Workstations ID

OCT15MAN7002
AUG15MAN7006
APR14MAN7001
FEB16LON7001
AUG16LON7001
NOV16LTL7003
JUL15LON7002
DEC16MAN7001
JUN17BRI7004
JAN15LON7008
MAR14MAN7002
OCT14BRI7003
JUN15LON7004
MAN7018
AUG17MAN7002
MAY15LON7005
NOV15MAN7002
JAN14MAN7002
MAY14LON7001
JUL15LON7008
JAN15LON7011
MAR14MAN7003
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parry2k
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with dax you can do something like this, add new column:

 

City= if(find("Lon", Table3[Category],,-1)>0,"London",if(find("Man",Table3[Category],,-1)>0,"Manchester","No Found"))

Replace table and field name as per your data set.



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parry2k
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Super User

with dax you can do something like this, add new column:

 

City= if(find("Lon", Table3[Category],,-1)>0,"London",if(find("Man",Table3[Category],,-1)>0,"Manchester","No Found"))

Replace table and field name as per your data set.



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

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