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monojchakrab
3 years agoResolver III
Date field with non-uniform patterns
Hey Good people, I am trying to combine a couple of queries into one consolidated table - while all the non-date fields I have managed to combine, by changing the column headers dynamically, I am...
- 3 years ago
Here you are - this first extracts the portion of the text before the T and space and then performs the transformations.
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("VYtBCoAwEAO/svSqpcnGHrp/EDx4k/7/GwqCtbdkhrmu5HBlKIunI1xRuQABpL4Oy2posTG2aksVfnxUD58i+Bx9EgIt2zvFORq3QEUwMtjs2FPvNw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]), #"Added Custom Column" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each let t = Text.BeforeDelimiter(Text.BeforeDelimiter([Column1], "T"), " ") in try if Value.Is ( Date.From (t), type date ) then Date.ToText ( Date.From ( t ), "MM/dd/yyyy" ) else false otherwise if Text.Contains ( t, " - " ) then Text.Combine({Text.Middle(t, 4, 2), "/", Text.Middle(t, 6, 2), "/", Text.Start(t, 4)}) else Text.Combine({Text.Middle(t, 5, 2), "/", Text.Middle(t, 8, 2), "/", Text.Start(t, 4)}) , type text) in #"Added Custom Column" - 3 years ago
Thanks jennratten That worked like a charm! Thanks for making the time.
jennratten
3 years agoSuper User
What error message you are getting? If you click in the white space in the cell with the error the error message will be displayed in the preview section.
monojchakrab
3 years agoResolver III
I am sorry I should have shared this :