Filling with zero values in each cell so they all have the same 4-digit-format

[Misha]

I want to create a link between two tables but therefor onze of the cell's of table 1 should be figured as "0001", "0020"... iso '1", "20"... Anyone that can help me?.. Tx in advance!

- in table 1 i have the year '2017' the book "OP" and the documentnummer '1', '20',...

- in table 2 i have the bookingdocument "2017OP0001", "2017OP0020",...

I wanted to ad the excelfile and PBI-file but i do not know how to manage that... 😞

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

since you would need to do this is M, you could do something like:

=Text.End(000 & [documentnumber], 4)

[v-yuezhe-msft · Accepted solution]

@Misha,

You can also create calculated columns using DAX below.

Column = FORMAT(Table[document number],"0000")

Combined column = Table[Year] & Table[Book] & Table[Column]

Regards,
Lydia

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

since you would need to do this is M, you could do something like:

=Text.End(000 & [documentnumber], 4)