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coejnot
Frequent Visitor
5 years ago
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Substiute multiple values in a text from another table

Hi, 

I have this string in a column:

 

A*B*C*A*C

 

Then I have this table:

CodeDescription
ABlue
BGreen
CRed
D

Yellow


I would like to create a column where the result picks the description from the table. 

The result should be like this:

Blue*Green*Red*Blue*Red

 

I would really appreciate if you could help me with a dax for this.

 

Thanks!

LOOKUPVALUE
replace
SUBSTITUTE
Text

4 Replies

      • Greg_Deckler's avatar
        Greg_Deckler
        Community Champion
        5 years ago

        coejnot I realize that this is already solved and Fowmy solution is the best one. However, I couldn't help creating a DAX solution for this. The solution is based on my Text to Table measure:

        Column = 
    VAR __Separator = "*"
    VAR __SearchText = [Column1]
    VAR __Len = LEN(__SearchText)
    VAR __Count = __Len - LEN(SUBSTITUTE(__SearchText,__Separator,"")) + 1
    VAR __Table = 
        ADDCOLUMNS(
            ADDCOLUMNS(
                GENERATESERIES(1,__Count,1),
                "__Word",
                    VAR __Text = SUBSTITUTE(__SearchText,__Separator,"|",IF([Value]=1,1,[Value]-1))
                    VAR __Start =
                        SWITCH(TRUE(),
                            __Count = 1,1,
                            [Value] = 1,1,
                            FIND("|",__Text)+1
                        )
                    VAR __End = 
                        SWITCH(TRUE(),
                            __Count = 1,__Len,
                            [Value] = 1,FIND("|",__Text) - 1,
                            [Value] = __Count,__Len,
                            FIND(__Separator,__Text,__Start)-1
                        )
                    VAR __Word = MID(__Text,__Start,__End - __Start + 1)
                RETURN __Word
            ),
            "__Replaced",LOOKUPVALUE('Table'[Description],'Table'[Code],[__Word])
        )
RETURN
    CONCATENATEX(__Table,[__Replaced],__Separator,[Value])