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Smash125
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ISNULL replicating in power bi

I am very new to power bi. I am trying to write ISNULL related query in Power BI

 

my SQL syntax

 

CASE WHEN MiddleName IS NULL THEN FirstName + ' ' + LastName ELSE FirstName + ' ' + MiddleName + ' ' + LastName END AS FullName.

 

can anyone help me how to replicate in Power BI 

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v-yalanwu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Smash125 ;

In power query , you could add custom column.

if [MiddleName]=null or  [MiddleName]=" " then [FirstName]&" "&[LastName]
else [FirstName]&" "&[MiddleName]&" "&[LastName]

vyalanwumsft_0-1665467370115.png

The final show:

vyalanwumsft_1-1665467395025.png

Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8s0vSk/MU9JR8kpNzswrSQSylGJ1opWcgQxHIHZSio0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [LastName = _t, FirstName = _t, MiddleName = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"LastName", type text}, {"FirstName", type text}, {"MiddleName", type text}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Full Name", each if [MiddleName]=null or  [MiddleName]=" " then [FirstName]&" "&[LastName]
else [FirstName]&" "&[MiddleName]&" "&[LastName])
in
    #"Added Custom"


Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yalanwu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Smash125 ;

In power query , you could add custom column.

if [MiddleName]=null or  [MiddleName]=" " then [FirstName]&" "&[LastName]
else [FirstName]&" "&[MiddleName]&" "&[LastName]

vyalanwumsft_0-1665467370115.png

The final show:

vyalanwumsft_1-1665467395025.png

Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8s0vSk/MU9JR8kpNzswrSQSylGJ1opWcgQxHIHZSio0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [LastName = _t, FirstName = _t, MiddleName = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"LastName", type text}, {"FirstName", type text}, {"MiddleName", type text}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Full Name", each if [MiddleName]=null or  [MiddleName]=" " then [FirstName]&" "&[LastName]
else [FirstName]&" "&[MiddleName]&" "&[LastName])
in
    #"Added Custom"


Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

in M, Text.Combine will ignore any null

NewStep=Table.CombineColumns(PreviousStepName,{"FirstName","MiddleName","LastName"},each Text.Combine(_," "),"FullName")

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