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Vanessa250919
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Helper V

If LIKE in PowerQuery

Hello I try to have a flag column in M . 

 

I neef to use IF LIKE 

 

example 

 

IF columun 1 like %Parcels%, 'PARCELS' other null 

 

It's possible ? 

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amitchandak
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Super User

@Vanessa250919 , Try like

if Text.Contains([columun 1], "Parcels") then "PARCELS"

 

refer

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

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amitchandak
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Super User

@Vanessa250919 , Try like

if Text.Contains([columun 1], "Parcels") then "PARCELS"

 

refer

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

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