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hdhillon
Advocate III
5 years agoReplace non blanks with 1
All, In Power Query, How do I replace all non blanks with 1 I have tried the Excel Find and Replace method of * to 1 However this does not seem to work in Power BI
- 5 years ago
Hi hdhillon , try this:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSi/KLy1QMFTSUQJhUwOlWB10QUMDrKLmpmiiRljVGuMUNUIRNYKai2KsEZoTgEwQAjETi1PSYNxYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Group = _t, Month = _t, Value = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Value", Int64.Type}, {"Month", Int64.Type}}), #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue( #"Changed Type", each [Group], each let varReplacementValue = if Text.Length([Group]) > 0 then "1" else [Group] in varReplacementValue, Replacer.ReplaceText, {"Group"} ) in #"Replaced Value"It turns this:
Into this:
It looks for any field that has a length greater than 0 and replaces that field with "1" if it does.
How to use M code provided in a blank query:
1) In Power Query, select New Source, then Blank Query
2) On the Home ribbon, select "Advanced Editor" button
3) Remove everything you see, then paste the M code I've given you in that box.
4) Press Done
5) See this article if you need help using this M code in your model.
Anonymous
5 years agoNot applicable
I know you said replace, but you could easily add a column like this:
Table.AddColumn(PriorStep, "NewColumnName", each if [Column] <> null then 1 else [Column], type number)