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misiek5510
Helper III
Helper III

Calculating number for a specific string length

I have a table with a column SSCC. I need to calculate potential pallet numbers which could be 10 up to 13 digits long as well as could be seperated by a comma or space.  Ideally the calculation would be a calculated column.

 

In below example Prod 1 would have 3 pallets, and prod 2 would have 5 pallets. Any suggestions ? 

 

ProdReasonSSCCPartSize
1ON

2539683712843,

5454365765 

6546456457457

YERTY44XX32
2OFF

6542454364656

6436565465465,

656546456456

6436346436363,

6363656546456

UMUG1X0XX16
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misiek5510
Helper III
Helper III

Sure here is the issue. 

 

A table we use has column names SSCC which stands for a pallet number. A single row might have multiple pallet numbers separated by comma or by space, and pallet numbers could be from 10 to 13 digits long. 

 

The below example show product 1 and 2. We can see that product 1 is made up of 3 pallets and product 2 is made of 5 pallets. What is worth nothing is that the pallets are in one cell are sometimes separated by comma and sometimes by space and are 10-13 digits long. 

 

The output I'd like to get is to put column products in a table and the calculated column with the count of pallets. 

 

 

ProductSSCC (Pallet numbers)
1

2539683712843,

5454365765 

6546456457457

2

6542454364656

6436565465465,

656546456456

6436346436363,

6363656546456

Thanks for additional info.

Try this ...

In Power Query

Replace all spaces with a comma in the pallet column. This will make all delimiters commas

Then in the Transform menu use the Split column by delimiter (comma) into rows.

Please click the accept as solution button. Thanks.

speedramps
Super User
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We want to help you but your description is too vaugue. Please write it again clearly.

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