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Fathopes
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Custom Conditional Column from multiple table

Hi All,

 

Basically I have 3 country column(Country 1,Country 2 and Country 2) like below. How can I write the conditional column in the power query to produce the Country column based on the conditional column on Country 1, Country 2 and Country 3. Kindly please help. 

 

Country 1Country 2 Country 3Country
nullMalaysiaMalaysiaMalaysia
blankMalaysianullMalaysia
BruneinullnullBrunei

 

Thanks and Regards,

Hopes.

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ImkeF
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reHi @Fathopes ,
you add a column with this forumla

List.Select ( { [Country 1], [Country 2], [Country 3] }, (l) => l <> null and l <> "") {0}

It grabs the first value from the column at is neither null nor blank.

 

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ImkeF
Community Champion
Community Champion

reHi @Fathopes ,
you add a column with this forumla

List.Select ( { [Country 1], [Country 2], [Country 3] }, (l) => l <> null and l <> "") {0}

It grabs the first value from the column at is neither null nor blank.

 

Imke Feldmann (The BIccountant)

If you liked my solution, please give it a thumbs up. And if I did answer your question, please mark this post as a solution. Thanks!

How to integrate M-code into your solution -- How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data -- Check out more PBI- learning resources here -- Performance Tipps for M-queries

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