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Replace multiple values in the same column in one step

Hello everybody,

 

I am looking to a solution to replace several values in a column, in a single step, to have something like this:

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for now, here is what my query looks like: 

let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\SESA539111\Desktop\Elvina training powerquery and pivot\POSfiles\POS file Elvina v3.xlsx"), null, true),
BMPTest_Table = Source{[Item="BMPTest",Kind="Table"]}[Data],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(BMPTest_Table,{{"BMP", type text}, {"PM0_BUSINESS UNIT", type text}}),
#"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type","Digital Energy Transactional","Transactional",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"BMP"}),
#"Replaced Value1" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value","Home and Distribution","Transactional",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"BMP"}),
#"Replaced Value2" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value1","Low Voltage Transactional","Transactional",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"BMP"}),
#"Replaced Value3" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value2","UNASSIGNED","Transactional",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"BMP"}),
#"Replaced Value4" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value3","UNSPECIFIED","Transactional",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"BMP"})
in
#"Replaced Value4"

 

I would like, if it's possible, to gather all these "replace value" steps into one single step in my query. I already saw some similar posts on the community but I haven't been able to solve my issue with one of them.

 

I am really looking forward for your feeback!

Thanks for your help,

 

Elvi

 

 

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v-frfei-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Here I created a sample for your reference.M code for your reference. 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcslMzyxJzFFwzUstSq9UCClKzCtOTC7JzM9LzFGK1YlW8sjPTVVIzEtRcMksLinKTCoFyYFlfPLLFcLyc0oS01Ox6Av1cwwO9nT3c3WBcoMDXJ093TxB/FgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Current Value" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Current Value", type text}}),
    #"AllReplace" = [#"Digital Energy Transactional" = "BMP", #"Home and Distribution" = "BMP", #"Low Voltage Transactional" = "BMP",#"UNASSIGNED" = "BMP",#"UNSPECIFIED" = "BMP"],
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Current Value",each Record.FieldOrDefault(AllReplace,_,_)}})
in
    #"Replaced Value"

Capture.PNG

 

BTW, Pbix as attached.

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
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tackytechtom
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Super User

Hello y'all,

 

Just wanted to drop off another way on how to solve this namely by utilising a function together with a cleansing table. The idea is to make the whole approach a bit more scalable, by just adding a new rule to the cleansing table. The function would then automatically clean the target table accordng to that new row.

 

Feel free to check this out in the following blog post:
how to replace several characters in a column in just one power query step. (tackytech.blog)

 

Hope this helps 🙂

 

/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/

 



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v-frfei-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Here I created a sample for your reference.M code for your reference. 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcslMzyxJzFFwzUstSq9UCClKzCtOTC7JzM9LzFGK1YlW8sjPTVVIzEtRcMksLinKTCoFyYFlfPLLFcLyc0oS01Ox6Av1cwwO9nT3c3WBcoMDXJ093TxB/FgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Current Value" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Current Value", type text}}),
    #"AllReplace" = [#"Digital Energy Transactional" = "BMP", #"Home and Distribution" = "BMP", #"Low Voltage Transactional" = "BMP",#"UNASSIGNED" = "BMP",#"UNSPECIFIED" = "BMP"],
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Current Value",each Record.FieldOrDefault(AllReplace,_,_)}})
in
    #"Replaced Value"

Capture.PNG

 

BTW, Pbix as attached.

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the others find it more quickly.

Hello, i dont see the attachment

Hello,

You can use the if else statements to replace multiple categories in a single power query replace value formula.
For example, If you have a status column with the values A,I,T and wish to replace them with Active, Inactive, and Terminated use the formula provided below.

= Table.ReplaceValue(
#"Filtered Rows", 
each [Status],
each if [Status] = "A" then "Active" else if [Status] = "I" then "Inactive" else "Terminated",
Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Status"}
)

Below is how I was able to achieve it

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcslMzyxJzFFwzUstSq9UCClKzCtOTC7JzM9LzFGK1YlW8sjPTVVIzEtRcMksLinKTCoFyYFlfPLLFcLyc0oS01Ox6Av1cwwO9nT3c3WBcoMDXJ093Tyh/MSkZKXYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Current Value" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Current Value", type text}}),
    Custom1 = Text.Combine({"Digital Energy Transactional","Home and Distribution","Low Voltage Transactional","UNASSIGNED","UNSPECIFIED"},","),
    Custom2 = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Current Value",each if Text.PositionOf(Custom1,_) <> -1 then "Transactional" else _}})
in
    Custom2

Thanks
Ankit Jain
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