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Anonymous
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Using LEFT function in SUMMARIZECOLUMNS statement

Hi,

 

I'm trying to pull the leftmost 10 characters of the Description field, below.  How would I change the below to do so?  I know this should be pretty basic but I've been working on it for some time and can't figure it out.  

 

DEFINE VAR _items = 
SELECTCOLUMNS (
    SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
    Items[ID],
    Items[Color],
    Items[Description],
    FILTER (
        Items,
        Items[Color] = "Green"
        )
),

--Assign aliases:
"ID", Items[ID],
"Color", Items[Color],
"Description", Items[Description]
)EVALUATE _Items

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous 
LEFT function will do

DEFINE
    VAR _items =
        SELECTCOLUMNS (
            SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
                Items[ID],
                Items[Color],
                Items[Description],
                FILTER ( Items, Items[Color] = "Green" )
            ),
            --Assign aliases:
            "ID", Items[ID],
            "Color", Items[Color],
            "Description", LEFT ( Items[Description], 10 )
        )

EVALUATE
_Items

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Anonymous
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That works.  Thanks!

tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous 
LEFT function will do

DEFINE
    VAR _items =
        SELECTCOLUMNS (
            SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
                Items[ID],
                Items[Color],
                Items[Description],
                FILTER ( Items, Items[Color] = "Green" )
            ),
            --Assign aliases:
            "ID", Items[ID],
            "Color", Items[Color],
            "Description", LEFT ( Items[Description], 10 )
        )

EVALUATE
_Items

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