Custom Column

[WHITE655]

Hi! 

I am trying to create a custom column that pulls from 2 text columns. 

The column needs to be 4 different work types.

Issue I am running into is that the Work Order Number needs to just pull text that is contained in the cells "PAT" or "AFE" as each number following them are different. 

I wrote this but does not work... any help would be great! 

if[ProjectTKFlag] = "Y" and [WorkOrderNumber] = "AFE" then "Project"

else if [ProjectTKFlag] = "Y" and [WorkOrderNumber] = "PAT" then "Work Order Project"

else if [ProjectTKFlag] = "N" and [WorkOrderNumber] = "PAT" then "Work Order Non Project"

else "unknown"

[WHITE655]

Thank you so much!! 

[smpa01 · Accepted solution]

@WHITE655 

 if ([ProjectTKFlag] = "Y" 
     and Text.Contains([WorkOrderNumber], "AFE") = true)         
 then
        "Project"
else 
   if ([ProjectTKFlag] = "Y" 
       and Text.Contains([WorkOrderNumber], "PAT") = true)      
  then
        "Work Order Project"
else 
   if ([ProjectTKFlag] = "N" 
       and Text.Contains([WorkOrderNumber], "PAT") = true)       
  then
        "Work Order Non Project"
else
     "unknown"

[AlexisOlson]

IMO, writing

Text.Contains([WorkOrderNumber], "PAT") = true

is a bit redundant.

It doesn't hurt anything and occasionally this sort of redundancy makes code easier to read but sometimes redundancy is less readable. Personally, I'd drop all of the " = true" in this particular case but don't take that as more than an aesthetic preference.