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Anonymous
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M Code error

what error in this M Code

 

 

 

"Year_2", each if [Semester] = 1 then [Year_1] + 1 else [Year_1] - 1)

 

 

 

Please help me 

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Anonymous
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Please looking the error message below

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How to fix this?

Hi @Anonymous ,

I would say your Year column is a Text data type, due that you can't add 1 as a number.
Solution is, change Year to number before this operation.

 

 



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