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Hi brainy guys!
I need to extract values form the string based on the values I have.
For example:
Values I need to find in the COLUMN - Names: ab,as,ad,af,ag,ah,aj
Table:
| Num | Names | Expected result |
| 2 | blalsdl (fg/bv/df/as/gd/ad) | as,ad |
| 3 | testmn (gh/dg/ad/sf) | ad |
| 4 | tessdtmn (aj/dg/ad/sf) | aj,ad |
| 5 | tessdtmn (tr/sf) | |
| 6 | fasdsadwq (gh/ad/sf,ah) | ad,ah |
Hi @Greg_Deckler , thank you, I was just looking for a similar solution, but this didn't work for me since I use Direct Query model. Please, any ideas, how to adjust it?
@Julia_1 Here it is as a measure:
Measure =
VAR __Name = MAX('Table'[Names])
VAR __ValuesToFind = { "ab", "as", "ad", "af", "ag", "ah", "aj" }
VAR __Begin = FIND("(", __Name, ,0) + 1
VAR __End = LEN(__Name)
VAR __Path = SUBSTITUTE(MID(__Name,__Begin, __End - __Begin),"/","|")
VAR __Table =
ADDCOLUMNS(
GENERATESERIES(1,PATHLENGTH(__Path),1),
"__Value",PATHITEM(__Path,[Value])
)
VAR __Result = CONCATENATEX(INTERSECT(SELECTCOLUMNS(__Table,"Value",[__Value]), __ValuesToFind),[Value],",")
RETURN
__Result
Hi Greg. Thank you for a quick response! I had to switch report to Import mode and calculated column worked for me just as expected. But the Measure in DirectQuery returns BLANK. I am trying to make ammendments to it
@Anonymous Here is one way, PBIX is attached below signature:
Column =
VAR __ValuesToFind = { "ab", "as", "ad", "af", "ag", "ah", "aj" }
VAR __Begin = FIND("(", [Names], ,0) + 1
VAR __End = LEN([Names])
VAR __Path = SUBSTITUTE(MID([Names],__Begin, __End - __Begin),"/","|")
VAR __Table =
ADDCOLUMNS(
GENERATESERIES(1,PATHLENGTH(__Path),1),
"__Value",PATHITEM(__Path,[Value])
)
VAR __Result = CONCATENATEX(INTERSECT(SELECTCOLUMNS(__Table,"Value",[__Value]), __ValuesToFind),[Value],",")
RETURN
__Result
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