Using IF , CONTAINS , CONCATENATE in Power Query Editor

[Anonymous]

Hello I have a table that has 1 column.

Sample:

Column1

Sales

DimProduct

FactCustomer

I want to create a custom column with the following rule :

If Column1 contains Dim or Fact then 'DWH.' & 'Column1' else 'ODS.' & Column1

Column1 --------- Column2

Sales ------------- ODS.Sales

DimProduct ------ DWH.Product

FactCustomer -----DWH.FactCustomer

Thanks in advance

[Fowmy · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 
To achieve it in Power Query, add the following code as Custom Column:

=if Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"DIM") or Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"FACT") then "DWH." & [Column1] else "ODS." & [Column1]

Add this as a new column if you want to use it in the model using DAX:

Column2 = 
IF(
    UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],3)) = "DIM" || UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],4)) = "FACT",
    "DWH." & Table1[Column1],
    "ODS." & Table1[Column1]
)

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[parry2k · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous in PQ use following expression in add new column

(if Text.StartsWith(Text.Proper([Column1]),"Dim") or Text.StartsWith(Text.Proper([Column1]),"Fact") then "DWH." else "ODS.") & [Column1]

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[Fowmy · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 
To achieve it in Power Query, add the following code as Custom Column:

=if Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"DIM") or Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"FACT") then "DWH." & [Column1] else "ODS." & [Column1]

Add this as a new column if you want to use it in the model using DAX:

Column2 = 
IF(
    UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],3)) = "DIM" || UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],4)) = "FACT",
    "DWH." & Table1[Column1],
    "ODS." & Table1[Column1]
)

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