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Split field by delimiter and display as a list

JJohnson4 — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:52:41 GMT

Hi,

I have included a very basic example of the data below. Basically I have a table of unique IDs and one of the columns contains a bunch of text, seperated by a semicolon. I simply want to create a visual, something like "Card (new)" that displays the 'List of Values' but with each item on a new line.

ID	List of Values
111	Item1; Item2; Item3
222	Item1;
333
444	Item1; item2

I have tried:
(Calculated Column)

SplitValues =

VAR CurrentID = TableName[ID]

VAR ValuesList = LOOKUPVALUE(TableName[List of Values], ATT7[ID], CurrentID)

RETURN SUBSTITUTE(ValuesList, ";", UNICHAR(10))

(Measure)

FormattedList =

VAR CurrentID = SELECTEDVALUE(TableName[ID])

VAR ValuesList = LOOKUPVALUE(TableName[List of Values], TableName[ID], CurrentID)

VAR SplitValues = SUBSTITUTE(ValuesList, ";", UNICHAR(10))

RETURN SplitValues

(HTML Measure)

FormattedList =

VAR CurrentID = SELECTEDVALUE(TableName[ID])

VAR ValuesList = LOOKUPVALUE(TableName[List of Values], TableName[ID], CurrentID)

VAR SplitValues = SUBSTITUTE(ValuesList, ";", "
")

RETURN SplitValues

None of those work, the visual just inserts a space instead of a new line and everything is still displayed on one line.

Any help would be appreciated 🙂

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

JJohnson4 — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:56:24 GMT

Aaaaand just as I post this, I found a workaround of sorts. I used a text box and used conditional formatting for the Title and used the following calculated column:

SplitValues =

VAR CurrentID = TableName[ID]

VAR ValuesList = LOOKUPVALUE(TableName[List of Values], ATT7[ID], CurrentID)

RETURN SUBSTITUTE(ValuesList, ";", UNICHAR(10))

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

techies — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:30:34 GMT

Hi JJohnson4 is this the output you need?

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

techies — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:31:35 GMT

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

powerbiexpert22 — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:12:27 GMT

Hi techies ,

how did you achieve it?

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

techies — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:20:41 GMT

Hi powerbiexpert22 using this calculated column in the itemstable

Formatted Values =

VAR Val = [List of Values]

RETURN

SUBSTITUTE(

IF(RIGHT(Val, 1) = ";", LEFT(Val, LEN(Val) - 1), Val),

";",

UNICHAR(10)

)

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

v-ssriganesh — Thu, 15 May 2025 04:18:43 GMT

Hi JJohnson4,
Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Forum Community.

I have reproduced your example in Power BI and achieved the expected output where each item in the "List of Values" appears on a new line, as requested.

Output:

I used a Table visual (instead of a Card) because Card visuals do not support line breaks like UNICHAR(10), whereas Table visuals do with word wrap enabled.

For your reference, I’ve attached the .pbix file demonstrating the working solution.

If this information is helpful, please “Accept as solution” and give a "kudos" to assist other community members in resolving similar issues more efficiently.
Thank you.

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

powerbiexpert22 — Thu, 15 May 2025 04:40:45 GMT

Hi techies ,

above forumula is giving me output in single row instead of multiple rows for same ID as shown below

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

techies — Thu, 15 May 2025 04:59:57 GMT

ya correct, now use it in the table visual powerbiexpert22

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

powerbiexpert22 — Thu, 15 May 2025 06:03:14 GMT

Hi techies ,

i can see below , how it is showing items in different rows for same ID considering the fact that we have only one row per ID in our dataet?

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

techies — Thu, 15 May 2025 06:30:02 GMT

Hi powerbiexpert22 please review the pbix file shared by community member v-ssriganesh , my approach is also the same 🙂

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

v-ssriganesh — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:35:40 GMT

Hi JJohnson4,

May I ask if you have resolved this issue? If so, please mark the helpful reply and accept it as the solution. This will be helpful for other community members who have similar problems to solve it faster.

Thank you.

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

v-ssriganesh — Thu, 22 May 2025 14:00:43 GMT

Hi JJohnson4,
I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. If my response has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution and give a 'Kudos' so other members can easily find it.
Thank you.

Re: Split field by delimiter and display as a list

v-ssriganesh — Sun, 25 May 2025 16:18:01 GMT

Hi JJohnson4,
I hope this information is helpful. Please let me know if you have any further questions or if you'd like to discuss this further. If this answers your question, please accept it as a solution and give it a 'Kudos' so other community members with similar problems can find a solution faster.
Thank you.