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Mic1979
1 year agoPost Partisan
Custom Function to multiply Columns
Dear all, based on the very good help I got in this forum, I tried to build the followin custom function: (Input_Table as table, Introduction_Rate as text, Step_Split as text) => let // a ...
- 1 year ago
Hi Mic1979, you are making things complicated - this is not the first time. I've helped you also last time - but you ignored my solution. I give you one more try 😉
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let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcvR1DfJ0dgxW0lEyNAASpgZgFog00DEEk6ZKsTrUUmgEJs2UYmMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Ragion = _t, TOTAL_A = _t, SOME_VALUE = _t, TOTAL_B = _t, #"% INTRODUCTION COEFFICIENT" = _t, #"%" = _t]), ChangedType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"TOTAL_A", type number}, {"SOME_VALUE", type number}, {"TOTAL_B", type number}, {"% INTRODUCTION COEFFICIENT", type number}, {"%", type number}}), RenamedColumnsDynamic = Table.TransformColumnNames(ChangedType, each Text.Replace(_, "TOTAL", "SMOOTH")), MultipliedSmoothColumns = Table.ReplaceValue(RenamedColumnsDynamic, each [#"% INTRODUCTION COEFFICIENT"] * [#"%"], null, (x,y,z)=> x * y, List.Select(Table.ColumnNames(RenamedColumnsDynamic), (x)=> Text.StartsWith(x, "SMOOTH")) ), RestoredTypes = Value.ReplaceType(MultipliedSmoothColumns, Value.Type(RenamedColumnsDynamic)) in RestoredTypes
PwerQueryKees
1 year agoSuper User
It was a nice challenge by the way and addressing a problem I had myself earlier but never took the time to solve properly. I now have one more function to add to my own personal libraray of reusable functions 😊