Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
prashantg364
Helper II
Helper II

cutom column

I want to add a custom column in the power query editor to get output for the count of rows of the "Text" column.

Example as shown below... 

 

TextCustom column
AAACCC3
AAACCC3
AAACCC3
AAMTHN2
AAMTHN2
AATSSH1
AATSYC1
AAYSDN2
AAYSDN2
3 REPLIES 3
Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

You can use this

= List.Count(List.Select(List.Buffer(Source[Text]), (x)=>x=[Text]))

Thanks, it works for me.

Hi, @Vijay_A_Verma x =[Text] is not going to work. Imho better idea is to add one extra step to buffer Source[Text] first and then (in the scope of Table.AddColumn function) this should look like this

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcnR0dHZ2VorVwc30DfHww2SGBAd7wJmRMLWRwS5+KMxYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Text = _t]),
    text_column = List.Buffer(Source[Text]),
    f = 
        Table.AddColumn(
            Source, 
            "Custom Column",
            each List.Count(List.Select(text_column, (x)=>x=[Text]))
        )
in
    f

 

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.

Top Solution Authors