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3 years ago
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Replacing a Datekey in integer format with todays date as integer

Hi,   I have a table with a datekey column as an integer on the form yyyymmdd. I want to replace the values 10010101 to today's date in power query. So today I will want to replace 10010101 to 2023...
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    slorin
    3 years ago

    Hi,

    add Number.FromText

     Table.ReplaceValue(Previous_Step,10010101,Number.FromText(DateTime.ToText(DateTime.LocalNow(),"yyyyMMdd")),Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Date"})

    Stéphane 

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slorin
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3 years ago

Hi,

add Number.FromText

 Table.ReplaceValue(Previous_Step,10010101,Number.FromText(DateTime.ToText(DateTime.LocalNow(),"yyyyMMdd")),Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Date"})

Stéphane