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Anonymous
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Add new column based on whether another column's value is top N

Hey guys,

 

I've got a column of floating-point values, sorted in descending order, called "Score". I'm trying to add a new column called "Is Top 10?" where the value for the top 10 largest values in the "Score" column would be "Y" and all others would be "N". Could someone help me as to which M functions to use here?

 

Sample Data:

Score
0.9899
0.9889
0.9056
0.8463
0.8377
0.693
0.6666
0.5778
0.5602
0.489
0.3918
0.3034
0.1654
0.1012
0.0771
0.0506
0.0418
0.0053
0.0032

 

Desired result:

ScoreIs Top 10?
0.9899Y
0.9889Y
0.9056Y
0.8463Y
0.8377Y
0.693Y
0.6666Y
0.5778Y
0.5602Y
0.489Y
0.3918N
0.3034N
0.1654N
0.1012N
0.0771N
0.0506N
0.0418N
0.0053N
0.0032N

 

Thank you!

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

In a custom column, put following

 

= if List.Contains(List.FirstN(List.Sort(List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[Score]),Order.Descending),10),[Score]) then "Y" else "N"

 

See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test (later on when you use the query on your dataset, you will have to change the source appropriately. If you have columns other than these, then delete Changed type step and do a Changed type for complete table from UI again)

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Pc3LCcBACATQXvYcwhj/tSzpv40sRPX0UGbce+HOyFzv9TOGUCuGGDfZvWjZSztTVPdoGp6iTCsn9Z3BUiTTIahTcKemoj9ApgFQHvKJvR8=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Score = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Score", type number}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Is Top 10?", each if List.Contains(List.FirstN(List.Sort(List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[Score]),Order.Descending),10),[Score]) then "Y" else "N", type text)
in
    #"Added Custom"

 

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BA_Pete
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Try this:

if
List.Contains(
    List.FirstN(
        List.Sort(chgTypes[Score], Order.Descending),
        10
    ),
    [Score]
)
then "Y" else "N"

 

Full query:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Pc3LCcBACATQXvYcwhj/tSzpv40sRPX0UGbce+HOyFzv9TOGUCuGGDfZvWjZSztTVPdoGp6iTCsn9Z3BUiTTIahTcKemoj9ApgFQHvKJvR8=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Score = _t]),
    chgTypes = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Score", type number}}),
    addIsTop10 = Table.AddColumn(chgTypes, "isTop10", each if
List.Contains(
    List.FirstN(
        List.Sort(chgTypes[Score], Order.Descending),
        10
    ),
    [Score]
)
then "Y" else "N")
in
    addIsTop10

 

Output:

BA_Pete_0-1652171982662.png

 

Pete



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Anonymous
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Thank you, @BA_Pete!

Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

In a custom column, put following

 

= if List.Contains(List.FirstN(List.Sort(List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[Score]),Order.Descending),10),[Score]) then "Y" else "N"

 

See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test (later on when you use the query on your dataset, you will have to change the source appropriately. If you have columns other than these, then delete Changed type step and do a Changed type for complete table from UI again)

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Pc3LCcBACATQXvYcwhj/tSzpv40sRPX0UGbce+HOyFzv9TOGUCuGGDfZvWjZSztTVPdoGp6iTCsn9Z3BUiTTIahTcKemoj9ApgFQHvKJvR8=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Score = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Score", type number}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Is Top 10?", each if List.Contains(List.FirstN(List.Sort(List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[Score]),Order.Descending),10),[Score]) then "Y" else "N", type text)
in
    #"Added Custom"

 

Anonymous
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Thank you very much for your help, @Vijay_A_Verma!

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