cyfairmedicalpa
8 years agoNew Member
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Include MissingField Argument with Table.TransformColumnTypes Function for Power Query
From what I can see (and it's not listed in the M function reference) the built in Table.TransformColumnTypes doesn't accept the MissingField argument like most of the other Table functions. This is ...
m_dekorte
11 months agoResident Rockstar
user10456 It works in Power BI Desktop version 2.143.1378.0 (May 2025) and later, for Excel users it will depend on your O365 version/channel (confirmed on Current and M365 Monthly). Here's a sample you can try.
let
/* The July 2025 update to the documentation now mentions a MissingField type for Table.TransformColumnTypes */
/* Here's sample data, a table with two columns: Date and Value */
Source = #table(
type table [Date = date, Value = number],
{
{#date(2024, 3, 12), 0.24368},
{#date(2024, 5, 30), 0.03556},
{#date(2023, 12, 14), 0.3834}
}
),
/* Attempt to change column types. */
/* Note: "Customer ID" does not exist in the Source table, */
/* so this step fails. */
ChType_Default = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
Source,
{
{"Date", type text},
{"Customer ID", Int64.Type},
{"Value", Percentage.Type}
}
),
/* Transform column types 3rd parameter accepts a Culture tag as text; "de-DE */
/* Culture affects formatting/interpretation of values such as numbers and dates */
ChType_Culture = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
Source,
{
{"Date", type text},
{"Value", Percentage.Type}
},
"de-DE"
),
/* 3rd Parameter now also accepts a Record that may include a Culture and/ or MissingField. */
/* MissingField.UseNull > Adds missing columns to the output containing null values. */
/* In this case, "Customer ID" is added, filled with nulls. */
ChType_RecordA = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
Source,
{
{"Date", type text},
{"Customer ID", Int64.Type},
{"Value", Percentage.Type}
},
[Culture = "de-DE", MissingField = MissingField.UseNull]
),
/* MissingField.Ignore > Ignores columns that don’t exist in the Source table, */
/* preventing errors by skipping any missing columns. */
ChType_RecordB = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
Source,
{
{"Date", type text},
{"Customer ID", Int64.Type},
{"Value", Percentage.Type}
},
[Culture = "de-DE", MissingField = MissingField.Ignore]
)
in
ChType_RecordB
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