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ericOnline
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Blanks that aren't BLANK(), nor null, nor empty strings (""). What are they?

I'm trying to filter out what I think are blank values from a list. Unfortunately, they dont' show as Blank(), don't show as "null" and don't seem to be empty strings ("").

How do I determine the datatype of these values?

How would I eliminate them from the data using DAX?

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az38
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@ericOnline 

how did you understand this is not the "" ?

try, like

Column = 
SWITCH(TRUE(),
ISBLANK([ID]), "1",
[ID] = "", "2",
"Other")

also it will be a good idea to look at data source in Power Query. Does look the same?


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az38
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Hi @ericOnline 

it maybe a space or a few spaces in row, for example.

to debug create a calculated column

 

debug = LEN([ID])

 

the better way is to execute trim operation for this column in Power Query Editor mode

also try ISTEXT() or ISNUMBER() functions to understand data type

 


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@az38 thanks for the idea. What do you make of these results?

- I filtered by Blank(?) value

- Created a new calculated column

Results:

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az38
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@ericOnline 

how did you understand this is not the "" ?

try, like

Column = 
SWITCH(TRUE(),
ISBLANK([ID]), "1",
[ID] = "", "2",
"Other")

also it will be a good idea to look at data source in Power Query. Does look the same?


do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
LinkedIn

Nice! @az38 thanks for this debugging tip. You were right, it was an empty string:

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