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Hi all,
I added a new column using the following function. However it didn't work, could you please help?
Work Category = if([NT Coding]="D/CUSTSERV/CSTD","Standard",
if(AND( ('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type]="New Connection <160 amps (Resi"),('BO - Notifications'[YearMonthINTQuoteRequest]<201704)), "Standard",
if( 'BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type] IN {"New Connection >=160 amps (com", “Other Quotable Works","Relocation","Street Lightling","Subdivisions",“Undergrounding”},"Non Standard", blank()))
Regards,
Ling
Solved! Go to Solution.
I've had a chance to look through your code and get my head around the IN statement that you have tried to include. From what I can tell, IN is used as a filter operator, however you seem to be wanting to use it like a SWITCH statement. The ( in your strings through me for a spin as well.
Is this the code you were trying to attempt?
Work Category = if(
[NT Coding]="D/CUSTSERV/CSTD",
"Standard",
if(
AND(
('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type] = "New Connection <160 amps (Resi"),
('BO - Notifications'[YearMonthINTQuoteRequest] < 201704)
),
"Standard",
SWITCH('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type],
"New Connection >=160 amps (com", "Non Standard",
"Other Quotable Works", "Non Standard",
"Relocation", "Non Standard",
"Street Lightling", "Non Standard",
"Subdivisions", "Non Standard",
"Undergrounding", "Non Standard",
BLANK()
)
)
)
Looks like you have placed a ) in the wrong spot. That itself will give you problems. In your AND statement you have two statements, the first one is missing its bracket. It needs to look like this:
('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type] = "New Connection <160 amps (Resi"))That of course means you have an extra bracket elsewhere, which I believe I've fixed. I've copied your code into an editor such as Notepad++ which made it a lot easier to locate the bracket problem. Here is the formatting fixed version:
Work Category = if([
NT Coding]="D/CUSTSERV/CSTD","Standard",
if(
AND(
('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type] = "New Connection <160 amps (Resi")),
('BO - Notifications'[YearMonthINTQuoteRequest] < 201704)
),
"Standard"
),
if(
'BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type] IN {
"New Connection >=160 amps (com",
“Other Quotable Works","Relocation",
"Street Lightling",
"Subdivisions",
“Undergrounding”
},
"Non Standard",
blank()
)
)
Thank you for your prompt response. I copy your solution into my file, it didn't work.
first error mesage was incorrect "," position, when I deleted the last ")" in the statement below, the error message disappeared.
('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type] = "New Connection <160 amps (Resi")),
however, it shows below error message:
The following syntax error occurred during parsing: Invalid token, Line 12, Offset 4, “.
I've had a chance to look through your code and get my head around the IN statement that you have tried to include. From what I can tell, IN is used as a filter operator, however you seem to be wanting to use it like a SWITCH statement. The ( in your strings through me for a spin as well.
Is this the code you were trying to attempt?
Work Category = if(
[NT Coding]="D/CUSTSERV/CSTD",
"Standard",
if(
AND(
('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type] = "New Connection <160 amps (Resi"),
('BO - Notifications'[YearMonthINTQuoteRequest] < 201704)
),
"Standard",
SWITCH('BO - Notifications'[WO PM Activity Type],
"New Connection >=160 amps (com", "Non Standard",
"Other Quotable Works", "Non Standard",
"Relocation", "Non Standard",
"Street Lightling", "Non Standard",
"Subdivisions", "Non Standard",
"Undergrounding", "Non Standard",
BLANK()
)
)
)
Thanks a lot! it works now. I am new to Power BI. I really appreciate your help.
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