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Move cell to another Column
- 4 years ago
Hi Centaur. Danie's solution is definitely more robust. But it requires a little more advanced Power Query knowledge. His code doesn't go in the Custom Column box. It goes in the Advanced Editor, which you can get to by clicking View in the ribbon, then Advanced Editor.
You will want to add his code near the bottom, just above the line that says "in". And where it says "PreviousStepName", you will want to replace that with the name of the step that previously on the line just above the "in". You'll also need to adjust the name of the step in the line below the "in" to NewStep.So, for example, if your code in the advanced editor looked like this previously:
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table6"]}[Content], #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Vendor", type text}, {"Invoice Date", type any}}) in #"Changed Type"then you would change it to something like this:
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table6"]}[Content], #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Vendor", type text}, {"Invoice date", type any}}), NewStep=Table.FromRecords(Table.TransformRows(#"Changed Type",each if [Invoice date] is text then _&[Vendor=[Invoice date],Invoice date=null] else _)) in NewStepAlso make sure that new line doesn't have a comma at the end. But the line that was previously just above the "in" does have a comma.
Hi, Sorry but I didnt see your post.
Where do I add that formula? I tried to add a new column and in the formula bar but it says it doesnt recognize NewStep after I click the green check. I took "NewStep" out then says doesnt recognize PreviousStepName. Apologies but I not too familar with Power Query. Grateful for your response.
Here is where I enter it after clicking Add Column, Custom Column:
but after I click the green check it returns the below:
Hi, not sure if you noticed I responded. thank you...