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I have a country column which is abbreviated to ZA (for South Africa) etc, how do I create a new column with the full name of the countries rather than the abbreviated name (the abbreviation is only two letters long).
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Well, I am assuming that you have many different countries involved here. If that is not the case and everything is just ZA, then just create a column with the formula:
Column = "South Africa"
Otherwise, if you do have some additional countries, you could use a SWITCH statement:
=SWITCH([Country], "ZA", "South America", "US", "United States )
But, in my opinion, creating an Enter Data query that supplies the translations is better than a SWITCH statement as it is more obvious, maintanable and requires no code.
I would create a translation table, relate the tables and if you really need that column in your first table use RELATED or LOOKUPVALUE.
I'm not sure I follow you (I'm relative novice). Can't I just add a column which tranlate ZA into South Africa. Can you explain what a translation table is?
Well, I am assuming that you have many different countries involved here. If that is not the case and everything is just ZA, then just create a column with the formula:
Column = "South Africa"
Otherwise, if you do have some additional countries, you could use a SWITCH statement:
=SWITCH([Country], "ZA", "South America", "US", "United States )
But, in my opinion, creating an Enter Data query that supplies the translations is better than a SWITCH statement as it is more obvious, maintanable and requires no code.
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