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I can't believe this is not working for me.....
I am creating a new column in Power Query as follows:
= Table.AddColumn(#"Removed Columns", "StpsInclude", each if [OrganisationID] = 29 then false else true)
That creates a column consisting of true and false values - in italics, capitalised and right justified - which seems to indicate they are boolean values. However, the column type is still set to "ABC123" i.e. the General type.
When I try to convert the column to Boolean, as below, I get an error - "DataFormat.Error: We couldn't convert to Binary. Details: TRUE"
= Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom",{{"StpsInclude", type binary}})
So I ignored that and went straight to the designer and load the column into a table. When I highlight the column in the FIELDS list, it tells me that the column is Text! And it shows the values as 0 or 1, left justified!
Can anyone tell me what's going on?
I could of course use values other than true and false, but now I'm just annoyed by the whole thing!
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Regards
Miguel Félix
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Check out my blog: Power BI em PortuguêsOr you can convert it to type logical (instead of type binary).
BTW: You can omit the condition in your statement. Just write
Table.AddColumn(#"Removed Columns", "StpsInclude", each [OrganisationID] = 29)
and true and false will be created automagically 😉
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Or you can convert it to type logical (instead of type binary).
BTW: You can omit the condition in your statement. Just write
Table.AddColumn(#"Removed Columns", "StpsInclude", each [OrganisationID] = 29)
and true and false will be created automagically 😉
Imke Feldmann (The BIccountant)
If you liked my solution, please give it a thumbs up. And if I did answer your question, please mark this post as a solution. Thanks!
How to integrate M-code into your solution -- How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data -- Check out more PBI- learning resources here -- Performance Tipps for M-queries
@ImkeF - indeed it does! Neat trick.
Sadly, when you bring the column through onto a table visual, it treats it as Text data type. In Power Query it is shown as an Any data type. So, it converts the data type automagicallywrongly.
Once I do the explicit conversion to True/False, then it comes through to the table fine.
Regards
Miguel Félix
Proud to be a Super User!
Check out my blog: Power BI em PortuguêsRegards
Miguel Félix
Proud to be a Super User!
Check out my blog: Power BI em Português@MFelix - thanks very much!!! I got my Binary and True/False mixed up! Rookie mistake....
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