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Distinct on recurring value (column), while concatenating its unique value (column)

Good day all,

 

I want to trim a dataset be removing repeats of a certain column, like a distinct function. However, in another column there are unique values, which I would all like to keep, by concatenation. 

 

Example:

A dataset that looks like this:

OwnerCityPetName
BobBerlinDogChippy
BobBerlinCatZiggy
BobBerlinDogJiffy
JudyNew YorkCatTaco
JudyNew YorkCatBaco

 

Would become the following:

OwnerCityPetName
BobBerlinDog; Cat; DogChippy; Ziggy; Jiffy
JudyNew YorkCat; CatTaco; Baco

 

Does anyone know how I would go about this? I can imagine a concatenation before using distinct would be a valid approach. However, I do now know how to do this. Help is much appreciated!

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ryan_mayu
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you can try this

 

pet2 = CONCATENATEX(DISTINCT('Table'[Pet]),'Table'[Pet],";")
name2 = CONCATENATEX(DISTINCT('Table'[Name]),'Table'[Name],";")
 
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ryan_mayu
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you can try this

 

pet2 = CONCATENATEX(DISTINCT('Table'[Pet]),'Table'[Pet],";")
name2 = CONCATENATEX(DISTINCT('Table'[Name]),'Table'[Name],";")
 
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Thank you!

you are welcome





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