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Hello all, please, I need your help with Power Query. I need to create a new column that follows this logic:
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Hi @toum ,
Here the code in Power Query M that you can paste into the advanced editor (if you do not know, how to exactly do this, please check out this quick walkthrough)
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUQKhWJ1oJScgwxGMQTxnIMsJJuWCzHFDUecBZLnBpIKBjCAwBvG8gaxgsFQsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Name = _t, Home = _t, Destination = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Name", type text}, {"Home", type text}, {"Destination", type text}}),
#"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Changed Type", {"Home"}, #"Changed Type", {"Name"}, "Added Custom", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
#"Expanded Added Custom2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Added Custom", {"Destination"}, {"Added Custom.Destination"}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Added Custom2", "NewColumn", each
if [Destination] = "" then [Added Custom.Destination]
else [Destination]),
#"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Added Custom",null, each [Name],Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"NewColumn"}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Replaced Value",{"Added Custom.Destination"}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Removed Columns",{{"Name", Order.Ascending}})
in
#"Sorted Rows"
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/Tom
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Hi @toum ,
How about this:
Here the code that you can paste into the advanced editor. Feel free to check out the steps on the right hand side as well 🙂
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUQKhWJ1oJScgwxGMQTxnIMsJJuWCzHFDUecBZLnBpIKBjCAwBvG8gaxgsFQsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Name = _t, Home = _t, Destination = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Name", type text}, {"Home", type text}, {"Destination", type text}}),
#"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Changed Type", {"Home"}, #"Changed Type", {"Name"}, "Added Custom", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
#"Expanded Added Custom2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Added Custom", {"Destination"}, {"Added Custom.Destination"}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Added Custom2", "NewColumn", each if [Destination] = "" then [Added Custom.Destination] else [Destination]),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Added Custom.Destination"}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Removed Columns",{{"Name", Order.Ascending}})
in
#"Sorted Rows"
Hope this helps 🙂
/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/
| Did I answer your question❓➡️ Please, mark my post as a solution ✔️ |
| Also happily accepting Kudos 🙂 |
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| #proudtobeasuperuser | |
Thank you a lot for your help, that's what I needed but plz another thing for the row1 the NewColumn should be A. (if destination is empty and Name=Home or Home is empty the newColumn should = Name).
Hi @toum ,
Here the code in Power Query M that you can paste into the advanced editor (if you do not know, how to exactly do this, please check out this quick walkthrough)
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUQKhWJ1oJScgwxGMQTxnIMsJJuWCzHFDUecBZLnBpIKBjCAwBvG8gaxgsFQsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Name = _t, Home = _t, Destination = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Name", type text}, {"Home", type text}, {"Destination", type text}}),
#"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Changed Type", {"Home"}, #"Changed Type", {"Name"}, "Added Custom", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
#"Expanded Added Custom2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Added Custom", {"Destination"}, {"Added Custom.Destination"}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Added Custom2", "NewColumn", each
if [Destination] = "" then [Added Custom.Destination]
else [Destination]),
#"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Added Custom",null, each [Name],Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"NewColumn"}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Replaced Value",{"Added Custom.Destination"}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Removed Columns",{{"Name", Order.Ascending}})
in
#"Sorted Rows"
Do not forget to mark the answer as a solution so others can easily spot the answer!
/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/
| Did I answer your question❓➡️ Please, mark my post as a solution ✔️ |
| Also happily accepting Kudos 🙂 |
| Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn! | |
| #proudtobeasuperuser | |
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