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NiugeS
6 years agoHelper V
Removing Text in Added Column
Hi, New to PowerBi. I have a column that contains names and the word 'brother' with a '-' and sometimes spacing as per below. I want to create a new column based on the orginal column but r...
- 6 years ago
Keep it simple by right-clicking the column. Choose replace values. Type -brother in the 'value to find' and don't put anything in the other. Click ok.
Repeat with - brother
- 6 years ago
Hi NiugeS ,
Yes, you could refer to HotChilli 's suggestions, click "Edit Queries", then tranform it by "repalce" like below
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8kvMTVVw1E0qyi/JSC1SitWBCjkp6CqgC+qCZZwRimMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [NAME = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"NAME", type text}}), #"Duplicated Column" = Table.DuplicateColumn(#"Changed Type", "NAME", "NAME - Copy"), #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Duplicated Column","-","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"NAME - Copy"}), #"Replaced Value1" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value","brother","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"NAME - Copy"}) in #"Replaced Value1"Best Regards,
Zoe ZhiIf this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
dax
6 years agoCommunity Support
Hi NiugeS ,
Yes, you could refer to HotChilli 's suggestions, click "Edit Queries", then tranform it by "repalce" like below
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8kvMTVVw1E0qyi/JSC1SitWBCjkp6CqgC+qCZZwRimMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [NAME = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"NAME", type text}}),
#"Duplicated Column" = Table.DuplicateColumn(#"Changed Type", "NAME", "NAME - Copy"),
#"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Duplicated Column","-","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"NAME - Copy"}),
#"Replaced Value1" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value","brother","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"NAME - Copy"})
in
#"Replaced Value1"
Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.