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3 years ago

Need to extract values from string based on my list

Hi brainy guys!    I need to extract values form the string based on the values I have.  For example:    Values I need to find in the COLUMN - Names: ab,as,ad,af,ag,ah,aj Table:  Num Names...
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Julia_1
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3 years ago

Hi Greg_Deckler , thank you, I was just looking for a similar solution, but this didn't work for me since I use Direct Query model. Please, any ideas, how to adjust it?

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    Greg_Deckler
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    3 years ago

    Julia_1 Here it is as a measure:

    Measure = 
    VAR __Name = MAX('Table'[Names])
    VAR __ValuesToFind = { "ab", "as", "ad", "af", "ag", "ah", "aj" }
    VAR __Begin = FIND("(", __Name, ,0) + 1
    VAR __End = LEN(__Name)
    VAR __Path = SUBSTITUTE(MID(__Name,__Begin, __End - __Begin),"/","|")
    VAR __Table = 
        ADDCOLUMNS(
            GENERATESERIES(1,PATHLENGTH(__Path),1),
            "__Value",PATHITEM(__Path,[Value])
        )
    VAR __Result = CONCATENATEX(INTERSECT(SELECTCOLUMNS(__Table,"Value",[__Value]), __ValuesToFind),[Value],",")
RETURN
    __Result
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      Julia_1
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      3 years ago

      Hi Greg. Thank you for a quick response! I had to switch report to Import mode and calculated column worked for me just as expected. But the Measure in DirectQuery returns BLANK. I am trying to make ammendments to it