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Using regular expressions in power bi desktop

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V-lianl-msft
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5 years ago
Scenario: In Power BI, when we want to process complex and unordered data, adding many steps using power query may not get the desired results. As we know, power query cannot use regular expressions...
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beefbriskets0up
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3 years ago

gregnogier , this is a great solution. No need to install extra software, excellent solution.
The only downside is it doesn't work in direct query mode, only in import mode.