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mariaorriols
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4 years ago
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Merge columns based on several values of one

Hi everyone, 

 

I have data since 2000, here I post a sample:

 

MonthQuarterYear
January 2020
February 2020
MarchQ12020
April 2020
May 2020
JuneQ22020
July 2020
August 2020
SeptemberQ32020
October 2020
November 2020
DecemberQ42020

 

I need to merge columns "Quarter" and "Year" but just when quarter equals Q1, Q2, Q3 or Q4. If quarter is empty, then the cell would remain empty:

 

MonthQuarterYearYear.Quarter
January 2020 
February 2020 
MarchQ120202020/Q1
April 2020 
May 2020 
JuneQ220202020/Q2
July 2020 
August 2020 
SeptemberQ320202020/Q3
October 2020 
November 2020 
DecemberQ420202020/Q4

 

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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    4 years ago

    Use this in a custom column

    = if [Quarter]="" or [Quarter]=null then null else [Quarter]&"/"&Text.From([Year])

    See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8krMK00sqlTSUQIiIwMjA6VYnWglt9SkIizCvolFyRlAgUBDZFHHgqLMHAyV6Hq9SvNSQVqNUAVz0NU5lqaXFpegCQanFpSk5ialFoFMMEaW8U8uyYeII4v65ZfBlCMLu6Qmw00xgUvEAgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Month = _t, Quarter = _t, Year = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Month", type text}, {"Quarter", type text}, {"Year", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Year.Quarter", each if [Quarter]="" or [Quarter]=null then null else [Quarter]&"/"&Text.From([Year]))
in
    #"Added Custom"

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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
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    4 years ago

    Use this in a custom column

    = if [Quarter]="" or [Quarter]=null then null else [Quarter]&"/"&Text.From([Year])

    See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8krMK00sqlTSUQIiIwMjA6VYnWglt9SkIizCvolFyRlAgUBDZFHHgqLMHAyV6Hq9SvNSQVqNUAVz0NU5lqaXFpegCQanFpSk5ialFoFMMEaW8U8uyYeII4v65ZfBlCMLu6Qmw00xgUvEAgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Month = _t, Quarter = _t, Year = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Month", type text}, {"Quarter", type text}, {"Year", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Year.Quarter", each if [Quarter]="" or [Quarter]=null then null else [Quarter]&"/"&Text.From([Year]))
in
    #"Added Custom"