Record.Field Function in Power Query

The Record.Field function returns the value of the given field. If the field is not found, an error is thrown.

Syntax

Record.Field(record as record, field as text) as any

Example: Find the value of field "CustomerID" in the record.

Power Query M

Record.Field([CustomerID = 3, Name = "Alia", Phone = "543-7890"], "CustomerID")

The output will be 3.

Example:

Power Query M

let
  MyTable = Table.FromRecords(
    {
      [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Ashish", Phone = "123-4567"], 
      [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Katrina", Phone = "987-6543"], 
      [CustomerID = 3, Name = "Alia", Phone = "543-7890"], 
      [CustomerID = 4, Name = "Vicky", Phone = "676-8479"], 
      [CustomerID = 5, Name = "Mohini", Phone = "574-8864"], 
      [CustomerID = 6, Name = "Meenakshi", Phone = "574-8864"], 
      [CustomerID = 7, Name = "Esha", Phone = "574-8864"], 
      [CustomerID = 8, Name = "Anjali", Phone = "574-8864"]
    }
  ),
    ReturnFieldValue = Record.Field(MyTable{2}, "Name")
in
    ReturnFieldValue

The output will be “Alia”.

Example:

Power Query M

let
  MyTable = Table.FromRecords(
    {
      [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Ashish", Phone = "123-4567"], 
      [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Katrina", Phone = "987-6543"], 
      [CustomerID = 3, Name = "Alia", Phone = "543-7890"], 
      [CustomerID = 4, Name = "Vicky", Phone = "676-8479"], 
      [CustomerID = 5, Name = "Mohini", Phone = "574-8864"], 
      [CustomerID = 6, Name = "Meenakshi", Phone = "574-8864"], 
      [CustomerID = 7, Name = "Esha", Phone = "574-8864"], 
      [CustomerID = 8, Name = "Anjali", Phone = "574-8864"]
    }
  ),
    ReturnFieldValue = Record.Field(MyTable{2}, "Education")
in
    ReturnFieldValue

The output is shown in the following image:

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