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sks2701
Helper III
5 years ago
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Hello - I have a column with the age of the company , ranging from age 1 to 100 , I'm trying to create a new custom column (Company Age Range) in power query that will give the value something like below this from the age column - how can i do this ? thank you!

Company Age Range
0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 10
11 - 20
21 - 30
31 - 40
41 - 50
51 - 100
Over 100
N/A
  • The easiest way is to use a custom column. The Conditional Column feature won't work as it will try to interpret 6-10 as a date. 

     

    The formula would look like this:

     

    if [Age] <= 2 then "0-2" 
    else if [Age] <= 5 then "3-5" 
    else if [Age] <= 10 then "6-10" 
    else null

     

    Just continue adding more 'else if' clauses until you have it like you want. You must include the final "else" statement, so it could be else null, or your final result, else "N/A"

     

     

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  • edhans's avatar
    edhans
    Community Champion

    The easiest way is to use a custom column. The Conditional Column feature won't work as it will try to interpret 6-10 as a date. 

     

    The formula would look like this:

     

    if [Age] <= 2 then "0-2" 
    else if [Age] <= 5 then "3-5" 
    else if [Age] <= 10 then "6-10" 
    else null

     

    Just continue adding more 'else if' clauses until you have it like you want. You must include the final "else" statement, so it could be else null, or your final result, else "N/A"

     

     

    • sks2701's avatar
      sks2701
      Helper III

      thank you so much for this solution- It really worked 🙂