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Thiviya
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Employee id same length

Hi,

 

How do I update the employee id to have the same length as other employee i.e 6 characters ?

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wdx223_Daniel
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=Table.TransformColumns(PreviousStepName,{"Manager ID",each Text.PadStart(Text.From(_),6,"0")})

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Thiviya
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Is it how should be ?

 

Thiviya
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= Table.TransformColumnTypes(AddedCustom,{"Manager ID", each Text.PadStart(Text.From(_),6,"0"}})

Anonymous
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Hi @Thiviya 

 

It should be Table.TransformColumns rather than Table.TransformColumnTypes. 

wdx223_Daniel
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=Table.TransformColumns(PreviousStepName,{"Manager ID",each Text.PadStart(Text.From(_),6,"0")})

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