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I am looking to split a column, (pictured below) but I only need to split certain values in the column. Column to be split
If the value starts with 1 I would like a split at the space, But values that do not start with 1 I would like to retain the value.
Example Current State
Resources |
1DP01-01 - Operator 1 |
Battery Lines |
Example Desired State
Resources | Resoucres Split |
1DP01-01 | - Operator 1 |
Battery Lines | Battery Lines |
Thanks!
Hi @Anonymous
Best in the Query Editor. Place the following M code in a blank query to see the steps.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMnQJMDDUNTBU0FXwL0gtSizJL1IwVIrViVZySiwpSS2qVPDJzEstVoqNBQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Resources = _t]),
auxT1_ = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.Start([Resources],1) = "1"),
auxT2_ = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.Start([Resources],1) <> "1"),
res1_ = Table.SplitColumn(auxT1_, "Resources", Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({" "}, QuoteStyle.Csv, false), {"Resources1", "Resources2"}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(auxT2_, "Resources2", each [Resources]),
res2_ = Table.RenameColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Resources", "Resources1"}}),
res_ = Table.Combine({res1_, res2_})
in
res_
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@Anonymous , I you may have to use two-three steps in power bi.
Split into column based on last occurrence -
you will get Column 1, column 2
column 3 = if [column2] = null then [column1] else [column2]
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