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themistoklis
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7 years ago
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Multiply a column with a constant in Power Query

Hello all,

 

I would like to multiply all values in a column with a specific constant using PowerQuery

I want the result will be displayed on the same column and not a new one.

 

Does anyone know how to do that?

  • themistoklis's avatar
    themistoklis
    7 years ago

    Hello Zubair_Muhammad,

     

    Thank you for teh reply. This creates a new column and i want to avoid that. I want to do the operation straight to the column in one step.

     

    I managed to find the following script which does the trick actually.

     

    = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Renamed Columns", each [SubTotal], each [SubTotal] * -1,Replacer.ReplaceValue, {"SubTotal"})

     

  • themistoklis

     

    May be you used the ADDCOLUMN tab instead of TRANSFORM tab

     

    Both have this functionality

     

    Use this button from the TRANSFORM tab, it won't add a column

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    • themistoklis's avatar
      themistoklis
      Community Champion

      Hello Zubair_Muhammad,

       

      Thank you for teh reply. This creates a new column and i want to avoid that. I want to do the operation straight to the column in one step.

       

      I managed to find the following script which does the trick actually.

       

      = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Renamed Columns", each [SubTotal], each [SubTotal] * -1,Replacer.ReplaceValue, {"SubTotal"})

       

      • Zubair_Muhammad's avatar
        Zubair_Muhammad
        Community Champion

        themistoklis

         

        May be you used the ADDCOLUMN tab instead of TRANSFORM tab

         

        Both have this functionality

         

        Use this button from the TRANSFORM tab, it won't add a column