add a new column in power query to combine year and quarter

[jashandeepkaur]

Hi everyone, i am trying to create a new column in PQ to combine year and quarter. 

i tried the below formula but it is giving me error. 

Year/Qtr = [Year] & "-" & [Quarter]

can you please help. 

i got my year and quarter from the notified column. i used data tab to extract year, month and quarter. but now i cannot combine them. 

[mussaenda]

Hi @jashandeepkaur ,

In Power Query, you cannot simply combine number and text data types.

Year and Quarter are number data type and "-" is text data type.

Here is one way of solving your issue. You will treat your numbers as text then you can concatenate them.

Year/Qtr = Number.ToText([Year]) & "-" & Number.ToText([Quarter])

[JoeBarry]

Hi @jashandeepkaur 

Along with the answer from @v-xinruzhu-msft you can use the Merge Columns feature in the Transformation Tab. 

First Highlight the Year Column then the Quarter Column and press the Merge Column button. You will be prompted to enter a separator and a column name

Thanks

Joe

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[v-xinruzhu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @jashandeepkaur 

You can add a custom column, then try the following code

Text.From([Year])&"-"&Text.From([Quarter])

Best Regards!

Yolo Zhu

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