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Angith_Nair
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Add Column using column from examples.

Hello team,

I just want to convert values in the form which is shown below...

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Here "Column" is a raw column and I want to convert the values like "Custom" column. Basically what I want is If Column has values that are in pattern "T6H5N6" then I want the first 3 characters which will be "T6H" and if the values are purely numeric i.e "235875" then I want that value as it is. Please note that the length of the characters/numbers is 6 which is constant. How can I acheive this in Power Query?
Thanks in advance.

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Fowmy
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@Angith_Nair 

Add the following as  a Custom Column:

=if Value.Is(Value.FromText([ABC Custom]), type number) then [ABC Custom] else Text.Start([ABC Custom],3)

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Fowmy
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@Angith_Nair 

Add the following as  a Custom Column:

=if Value.Is(Value.FromText([ABC Custom]), type number) then [ABC Custom] else Text.Start([ABC Custom],3)

Fowmy_0-1623996892998.png

 

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Angith_Nair
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Hi @Fowmy ,

That worked....thank you so much...I really appreciate it...

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