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southpawmurph
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Power Query Editor Conditional Column Output Format

Hello I am attempting to create a conditional column that takes a column's cell value in column "Ind_Exp" and translates the value (1,2,3,4,5,6) to "<=10" , "11-15", .etc. (outputs seen below). I am having issues with the Output value which is a string value shown as "11-15". Upon clicking "OK" in the Add Conditional Column window seen below it will format the "11-15" to a date of "11/15/2021". I want to keep the value as "11-15" and not a date, what ways can I resolve this formatting issue? 

2021-02-12 12_29_19-Data Analytics Project - Power Query Editor.png

 

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edhans
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Look at your code in the advanced editor. WHen you typed in 11-15, it did something like this:

if [Dept] = "DAIRY" then #date(2021,11,15) else null

Manually in the Advanced Editor (Home ribbon) change it to something like this:

if [Dept] = "DAIRY" then "11-15" else null

Then be sure the field is set to Text - Upper left icon that is ABC/123, make sure it says ABC.



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edhans
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Look at your code in the advanced editor. WHen you typed in 11-15, it did something like this:

if [Dept] = "DAIRY" then #date(2021,11,15) else null

Manually in the Advanced Editor (Home ribbon) change it to something like this:

if [Dept] = "DAIRY" then "11-15" else null

Then be sure the field is set to Text - Upper left icon that is ABC/123, make sure it says ABC.



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Hi,

this solution seems to break and revert to 'subtracting text' and converting to #date if you open the conditional column back up and saving.  Unless i am not following steps noted in solution above correctly.

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