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pal95
6 years agoHelper III
Count multiple strings in a column
Hello, I have a column which can have multiple users; it looks like: Column1 Row 1: UserA Row 2: UserB Row 3: UserB, UserC, UserG, UserZ Row 4: User D, Row 5: UserA, UserD, Use...
- 6 years ago
Hello @pal95 ,
You will need to split your column into multiple columns in the query editor as shown in this blog:
https://www.tutorialgateway.org/how-to-split-columns-in-power-bi/
You can then count the occurrences of a string in multiple columns that reference the following existing thread:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Count-instances-of-string-in-multiple-columns/td-p/239302
Thank you
Pragati
amitchandak
6 years agoSuper User
pal95 , see split by row/column in power Query.edit query can help
https://www.tutorialgateway.org/how-to-split-columns-in-power-bi/