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vjnvinod
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calculated coloumn error

Hi Team,

 

i am getting the below error while calculating a new coloumn

any help?

 

calculatedcoloumnerror.PNG

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MattAllington
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An if statement must return a single data type. My guess is the column is a numeric value. Your alternate result is text. Just remove the quotes around the 0



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
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MattAllington
Community Champion
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An if statement must return a single data type. My guess is the column is a numeric value. Your alternate result is text. Just remove the quotes around the 0



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

@MattAllington 

 

thi is awesome, i still have some challenge

 

i have 2 visual table from a single table

how can i show this 2 table as 1, is there any provision to do so? (i don't want to create 2 tables and then set a relationship)

 

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