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4 years ago
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Problem with nested if and else with text.contains

Hi everyone,   I´ve a problem with my code in Power Query and I cant get my head around this.    My code below isn´t working and I dont know if it´s because of blank cells in the column or if the...
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    Vijay_A_Verma
    4 years ago

    You can use following

    = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Value2", "GT", each try if [MarketingMedium] = "cpc" and [MarketingSource]= "google" and not Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "brand") then 1 else if ([MarketingMedium] = "cpc" or [MarketingMedium] = "referral") and [MarketingSource]= "bing" and Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "yahoo") then 2 else 3 otherwise 3)
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Vijay_A_Verma
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4 years ago

This was for illustration.

Create a copy of your original query so that your original code gets saved as a backup.

Now, in your original code, delete everything starting #"Replaced Value2" and paste the below code.

#"Replaced Value2" = Source,
    Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Value2", "GT", each if [MarketingMedium] = "cpc" and [MarketingSource]= "google" and not Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "brand") then 1 else if ([MarketingMedium] = "cpc" or [MarketingMedium] = "referral") and [MarketingSource]= "bing" and Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "yahoo") then 2 else 3)
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Anonymous
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4 years ago

Thanks for your respond! I dont know if I´m doing something wrong. I went back to my orginial table were my previos code are:

 

= Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Value2", "GT", each if [MarketingMedium] = "cpc" and [MarketingSource]= "google" and not Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "brand") then 1 else if [MarketingMedium] = "cpc" or [MarketingMedium] = "referral" and [MarketingSource]= "bing" and Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "yahoo") then 2 else 3)

 

Then I update this with your code. Should It look exactly as below?  

 

#"Replaced Value2" = Source,
    Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Value2", "GT", each if [MarketingMedium] = "cpc" and [MarketingSource]= "google" and not Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "brand") then 1 else if ([MarketingMedium] = "cpc" or [MarketingMedium] = "referral") and [MarketingSource]= "bing" and Text.Contains([MarketingCampaign], "yahoo") then 2 else 3)
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    Custom1