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Using IF , CONTAINS , CONCATENATE in Power Query Editor

Hello I have a table that has 1 column.

Sample:

Column1

Sales

DimProduct

FactCustomer

 

I want to create a custom column with the following rule :

If Column1 contains Dim or Fact then 'DWH.' & 'Column1' else 'ODS.' & Column1

 

Column1 --------- Column2

Sales ------------- ODS.Sales

DimProduct ------ DWH.Product

FactCustomer -----DWH.FactCustomer

Thanks in advance

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Fowmy
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Super User

@Anonymous 
To achieve it in Power Query, add the following code as Custom Column:

 

=if Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"DIM") or Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"FACT") then "DWH." & [Column1] else "ODS." & [Column1]




Add this as a new column if you want to use it in the model using DAX:

 

Column2 = 
IF(
    UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],3)) = "DIM" || UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],4)) = "FACT",
    "DWH." & Table1[Column1],
    "ODS." & Table1[Column1]
)

 

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parry2k
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@Anonymous in PQ use following expression in add new column

 

(if Text.StartsWith(Text.Proper([Column1]),"Dim") or Text.StartsWith(Text.Proper([Column1]),"Fact") then "DWH." else "ODS.") & [Column1]

 

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parry2k
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Super User

@Anonymous in PQ use following expression in add new column

 

(if Text.StartsWith(Text.Proper([Column1]),"Dim") or Text.StartsWith(Text.Proper([Column1]),"Fact") then "DWH." else "ODS.") & [Column1]

 

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I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop-shop for Power BI-related projects/training/consultancy.

 



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

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Fowmy
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Super User

@Anonymous 
To achieve it in Power Query, add the following code as Custom Column:

 

=if Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"DIM") or Text.StartsWith(Text.Upper([Column1]),"FACT") then "DWH." & [Column1] else "ODS." & [Column1]




Add this as a new column if you want to use it in the model using DAX:

 

Column2 = 
IF(
    UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],3)) = "DIM" || UPPER(LEFT(Table1[Column1],4)) = "FACT",
    "DWH." & Table1[Column1],
    "ODS." & Table1[Column1]
)

 

Fowmy_0-1610394471549.png

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