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I have three columns Last Name, First Name and Preferred Name.
Some of the records in these are NULL.
I have to create a custom column called Person Name which will have data like below, based on last name,first name and preferred name.
For example :
Expected Output :
Last name First Name Preferred Name Person Name
Hans Samuel NULL Hans, Samuel
Alfred NULL NULL Alfred
Kennedy John Joe Kennedy, John (Joe)
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My Query :
My query
This generates values like :
Person Name
NULL
NULL
Kennedy, John (Joe)
Solved! Go to Solution.
Try this formula
Text.Combine({[Last Name],[First Name]},", ") &
(if [Preferred Name] = null then "" else " ("&[Preferred Name]&")")
Try this formula
Text.Combine({[Last Name],[First Name]},", ") &
(if [Preferred Name] = null then "" else " ("&[Preferred Name]&")")
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