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619SK
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If blank then concat - Power Query

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I want to concat "S.no" , "Name" & Valid in power query with the below format.

Concat only if cell is not blank like below. 

 

S.noNameValidAppend Result 
1AYesS.No:1 | Name: A | Valid: Yes
2B S.No:2 | Name: B
3 NoS.No:3 | Valid: No
4C S.No:4 | Name: C
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OwenAuger
Super User
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Hi @619SK 

You can use Text.Combine for this since it automatically excludes null values.

For example:

 

let
  Source = #table(
    type table [S.no = Int64.Type, Name = text, Valid = text],
    {{1, "A", "Yes"}, {2, "B", null}, {3, null, "No"}, {4, "C", null}}
  ),
  #"Added Append Result" = Table.AddColumn(
    Source,
    "Append Result",
    each Text.Combine({"S.No:" & Text.From([S.no]), "Name: " & [Name], "Valid: " & [Valid]}, " | "),
    type text
  )
in
  #"Added Append Result"

 

For this method to work, blanks would need to be null values rather than empty strings.

 

Does something like this work for you?


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OwenAuger
Super User
Super User

Hi @619SK 

You can use Text.Combine for this since it automatically excludes null values.

For example:

 

let
  Source = #table(
    type table [S.no = Int64.Type, Name = text, Valid = text],
    {{1, "A", "Yes"}, {2, "B", null}, {3, null, "No"}, {4, "C", null}}
  ),
  #"Added Append Result" = Table.AddColumn(
    Source,
    "Append Result",
    each Text.Combine({"S.No:" & Text.From([S.no]), "Name: " & [Name], "Valid: " & [Valid]}, " | "),
    type text
  )
in
  #"Added Append Result"

 

For this method to work, blanks would need to be null values rather than empty strings.

 

Does something like this work for you?


Owen Auger
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