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Anonymous
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Switch Function help

I am trying switch function to create a new column.

 

SWITCH(Query1[Month_New],"January",01,"February",02,"March",03,"April",04,"May",05,"June",06,"July",07,"August",8,"September",9,"October",10,"November",11,"December",12)
 
in output i am not geeting 01 for janurary. I am getting 1 only
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az38
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@Anonymous 

also change column type to Text in Column tools ribbon


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az38
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Hi @Anonymous 

try to use quotas

SWITCH(Query1[Month_New],
"January","01",
"February","02",
...,
"12")

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Anonymous
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It is not working 

az38
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@Anonymous 

also change column type to Text in Column tools ribbon


do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
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Anonymous
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Thanks for the solution

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