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Hello
What is the syntax for Power Query to remove rows on specific criteria?
I want to remove rows where (Col1 contains "something" and (Col2 is zero or null))
Thanks!
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@Anonymous , Filter the data based on those.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/filter-values
or create column and filter that
if Text.Contains([Col1], "something") and ([Col2] =0 or [col2] = null) then 1 else 0
use filter for column , on this new column
@amitchandak thanks but I need the syntax in that format, can you tell me please?
Table.SelectRows(#"1", each not Text.Contains(Col.....
Hi @Anonymous
In this scenario, you need to create a column then filter table by it, finally remove it.
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here is the entire body of code
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSkxMVNJRMlSK1YlWSkpKArKNwOyqqiog2wCJnVeakwPmQrQYILHhUsnJyUCuMZidmpoKZJuA2SkpKZgmAC2KBQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", Int64.Type}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each if Text.Contains([Column1],"aaa") and ([Column2]=0 or [Column2]=null) then 1 else 0),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Added Custom", each ([Custom] = 0)),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Custom"})
in
#"Removed Columns"
the code remove rows where (Col1 contains "aaa" and (Col2 is zero or null)
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@Anonymous , Filter the data based on those.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/filter-values
or create column and filter that
if Text.Contains([Col1], "something") and ([Col2] =0 or [col2] = null) then 1 else 0
use filter for column , on this new column
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