Trouble creating a Concatenate Column

[sesa145093]

This is the string i have used in Excel: =IFERROR(IF([@Status]="(4) Completed",CONCATENATE([@DebriefYear],"_",[@Entity]),""),NA())

I have the same data in Power Bi I just cant figure out how to get either a custom column to do this or how to create a measure.

This is the Secon field i will need as well: =IFERROR(IF([@Status]="(4) Completed",IF((COUNTIFS([Entity Concat1],[@[Entity Concat1]])-COUNTIF($AF$2:$AF2,$AF2))=0,1,0),""),NA())

Thank you for your help!

[edhans · Accepted solution]

For the first one @sesa145093 this will work:

if [Status] = "(4) Completed" then Text.From([Debrief Year]) & "_" & [Entity] else null

All Power Query if/then/else constructs are logically like Excel's IF() statement, but it is if/then/else with two requirements:

• The keywords if, then, and else, are lower case.
• You must have the else statement. If you don't need it, just use else null. Unlike IF() you cannot leave the else off.

As for your second question, we need data. I have no idea what is in AF2 or what you are trying to accomplish there.

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[sesa145093 · Accepted solution]

Awesome!! Thanks for this!!

[edhans · Accepted solution]

For the first one @sesa145093 this will work:

if [Status] = "(4) Completed" then Text.From([Debrief Year]) & "_" & [Entity] else null

All Power Query if/then/else constructs are logically like Excel's IF() statement, but it is if/then/else with two requirements:

• The keywords if, then, and else, are lower case.
• You must have the else statement. If you don't need it, just use else null. Unlike IF() you cannot leave the else off.

As for your second question, we need data. I have no idea what is in AF2 or what you are trying to accomplish there.

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[sesa145093 · Accepted solution]

Awesome!! Thanks for this!!

[edhans · Accepted solution]

You are welcome @sesa145093 - I hope you don't mind but I marked my answer as the solution since it had the working code. 😁

If you need help with the 2nd part of your question, you could start a new thread for just that including some sample data and expected results per the links in my post above.