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Hi,
I have a column with text that looks something like this:
Fixed-Fixed-Postpaid-Fixed-OMB-OMB
Is there a formula that will return only unique values in between the dashes (-)?
Required: Fixed-Postpaid-Fixed-OMB
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Hi @SecretChimpanze
Apologies, I was outside the office when I shared the solution.
Yes this is a calculated column but its seems that you have some blank cells. Just modify as follows.
NewColumn =
VAR String = TableName[ColumnName]
VAR Items =
SUBSTITUTE ( String, "-", "|" )
VAR Length =
COALESCE ( PATHLENGTH ( Items ), 1 )
VAR T1 =
GENERATESERIES ( 1, Length, 1 )
VAR T2 =
ADDCOLUMNS ( T1, "@Item", PATHITEM ( Items, [Value] ) )
VAR T3 =
DISTINCT ( SELECTCOLUMNS ( T2, "@@Item", [@Item] ) )
RETURN
CONCATENATEX ( T3, [@@Item], "-", [@@Item], ASC )
please try
NewColumn =
VAR String = TableName[ColumnName]
VAR Items =
SUBSTITUTE ( String, "-", "|" )
VAR Length =
PATHLENGTH ( Items )
VAR T1 =
GENERATESERIES ( 1, Length, 1 )
VAR T2 =
ADDCOLUMNS ( T1, "@Item", PATHITEM ( Items, [Value] ) )
VAR T3 =
DISTINCT ( SELECTCOLUMNS ( T2, "@@Item", [@Item] ) )
RETURN
CONCATENATEX ( T3, [@@Item], "-", [@@Item], ASC )
Thanks for this. Can I use this code via "New Column"? I did that and got this error
"The arguments in GenerateSeries function cannot be blank"
Hi @SecretChimpanze
Apologies, I was outside the office when I shared the solution.
Yes this is a calculated column but its seems that you have some blank cells. Just modify as follows.
NewColumn =
VAR String = TableName[ColumnName]
VAR Items =
SUBSTITUTE ( String, "-", "|" )
VAR Length =
COALESCE ( PATHLENGTH ( Items ), 1 )
VAR T1 =
GENERATESERIES ( 1, Length, 1 )
VAR T2 =
ADDCOLUMNS ( T1, "@Item", PATHITEM ( Items, [Value] ) )
VAR T3 =
DISTINCT ( SELECTCOLUMNS ( T2, "@@Item", [@Item] ) )
RETURN
CONCATENATEX ( T3, [@@Item], "-", [@@Item], ASC )
Thank you so much, you have made my day/week/month! I have been scouring the internet for almost a week and have not been able to find a solution.
@SecretChimpanze , In Power Query Refer TextBetweenDelimiters, Also use relative position
refer example 3- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/text-betweendelimiters#example-3
How to use in a similar video
Text Before Delimiter and Text After Delimiter: https://youtu.be/oGY4RoPKDOE
This is what I need but unfortunately I am unable to use this method as mine is a calculated column
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