To the Power ^ in M (Power BI)

Question

I creating a custom column in Power BI

= Table.AddColumn(Fact_Sale, "Custom", each 2^[Sale Key] , type number)`

I tried using ^ to represent the power operator but got an eerror

I tried to google but the when I search for the power operartor all i get is Power Query (same names making it hard to search)

I found this but thre was nothing for hte power operator https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/query-bi/m/operators

how can I do it?

Answer 1

Power is implemented as a function, not as an operator.

Number.Power(2, 3) will give you 8

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