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Dom87326
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4 years ago
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Bulk replace text values in single step

Hello,    I'm trying to replace multiple text values in one power query step. In the example below, New York and Los Angeles should be changed to Boston.     Any help appreciated.    Tha...
  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    4 years ago

    In a Custom column put following

    = if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A]

    See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8kstV4jML8pWitWJVnLKLy7JzwMzffKLFRzz0lNzUovBfI/8Uricb2ZibqZSbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Column A" = _t]),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Column B", each if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A])
    in
        #"Added Custom"
  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    4 years ago

    For same column, insert this step where Source should be replaced with your previous step

    = Table.ReplaceValue(Source,each [Column A],each if List.Contains({"New York","Los Angeles"},[Column A]) then "Boston" else [Column A],Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column A"})