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Combining Columns or replacing
- 5 years ago
I'd really call that doing it from the Ribbon scott_Abaana - you want several if/then/else constructs. If you can do nested IF() functions in Excel (or IFS()) then you can do this.
From the ribbon, go to Add Columns, then Custom Column, and type in this formula:
if [FREQ] = "Cash" then [Amount] else if [FREQ] = "Yearly" then [Amount] else if [FREQ] = "Monthly" then [Amount] * 12 else if [FREQ] = "Quarterly" then [Amount] * 4 else nullSo intead of creating all of the columns, you just do the math on the [Amount] field.
The if/then/else construct is a bit different than Excel.
- the keywords if, then, and else are always lowercase
- All three are required. Excel lets you leave the last one out and you can do =IF(A1=5,3) and that will return a blank if A1 doesn't equal 5 in Excel. In Power Query, if [Field] = 5 then 3 will return an error because else is missing. I used else null for your final answer, but you can return the 9999999 if you want.
Here is your workbook back. Look at my Single if then else query.
Can you provide data scott_Abaana - I am sure we can get you some code that works. As you are new to Power Query, I prefer to do it via the user interface if possible as that is the easiest to understand and edit vs custom M code that, while it may work and work wonderfully, you must fully understand it to edit it even slightly. If done through the ribbon and menus though it is easier for even more seasoned users to edit and understand.
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