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bdehning
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Month Column in Power Query and Need to Shorten and Combine with Year

I have a column for Month with full month spelled out and one column for Year.  

 

How do I create a column with 3 letter Months so that I can create a merged columns of 3 letter month and the year?

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ChrisMendoza
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@bdehning - you can do as:

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Add custom column:

Text.Combine( { Text.Start ( [MonthName], 3 ), Text.From( [YearNum] ) }, " " )





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aj1973
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Hi @bdehning 

Use LEFT

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Then CANCATENATE

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ChrisMendoza
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@bdehning - you can do as:

image.png

Add custom column:

Text.Combine( { Text.Start ( [MonthName], 3 ), Text.From( [YearNum] ) }, " " )





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