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Anonymous
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populating a column based on value in another column

Hi All,

 

I'm sure this has been answered before, but i've spent an hour looking for it and so far haven't been able to find what i need.

 

I have 3 columns shown below, what i need to do is take the status = done, take the weight and put the weight into the value column, if the status is not done put a 0.

 

statusWeightvalue
new750
new100
new50
done55
done55
inprogress100
inprogress50

 

Any help gratefully received.

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

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AntonioM
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You could do this in Power query using the 'Add Conditional Column',

 

AntonioM_1-1661520080457.png

 

AntonioM_0-1661520068674.png

which will give you

 

AntonioM_2-1661520096578.png

 

 

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AlexSpencer
New Member

Hi @Anonymous 

 

You need to select "Transform Data" and then you should be able to action @AntonioM's reponse from there. 

AlexSpencer_1-1661522407797.png

 

Alex 

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @AlexSpencer,

 

Thanks, i found it at last.

 

BR,

Jeff

AntonioM
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You could do this in Power query using the 'Add Conditional Column',

 

AntonioM_1-1661520080457.png

 

AntonioM_0-1661520068674.png

which will give you

 

AntonioM_2-1661520096578.png

 

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @AntonioM ,

 

I'm going to accept this as the solution, as I am sure that is the way to do it, but my powerBI doesn't have that add column tab, will have to find out how to get that.

 

JeffT_0-1661520924128.png

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

 

Hi Jeff, that's because @AntonioM says to do it in Power Query, not in Power BI. To go there, you have to click on the “Transform Data” button (it appears in your picture) and then follow his instructions.

Greetings.

 

 

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