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poweringthru
Helper I
Helper I

Create new table based on JSON column using DAX

I have the following table (result column is calculated so I can't do it in Power Query):

 

resulttotalElements
{"document":"110","totalElements":"3","list":[{"id":"1","items":"35"},{"id":"5","items":"20"},{"id":"9","items":"70"}]}3
{"document":"117","totalElements":"2","list":[{"id":"2","items":"10"},{"id":"4","items":"5"}]}2
{"document":"123","totalElements":"2","list":[{"id":"13","items":"20"},{"id":"17","items":"45"}]}2
{"document":"131","totalElements":"4","list":[{"id":"23","items":"65"},{"id":"27","items":"20"},{"id":"29","items":"15"},{"id":"32","items":"55"}]}4
{"document":"144","totalElements":"5","list":[{"id":"36","items":"5"},{"id":"37","items":"15"},{"id":"39","items":"25"},{"id":"41","items":"55"},{"id":"42","items":"25"}]}5


The new table, using DAX, should look like this:

 

documenttotalElementsiditems
1103135
1103520
1103970
1172210
117245
12321320
12321745
13142365
13142720
13142915
13143255
1445365
14453715
14453925
14454155
14454225

 

How can I define the new table?

 

Thanks in advance!

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poweringthru
Helper I
Helper I

I know I should probably replace delimiters:

 

SUBSTITUTE([Element], """,""", "|")

 

To use the PATH functions, but I'm clueless on how to go then row by row and create a whole new table.

ppm1
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Just curious. What does the data look like before? How did you generate the JSON column? It may be easier to start from the original column(s).

 

Pat

Microsoft Employee

 result comes from a table where it can have multiple different structures, in this calculated table it has been filtered down to only being this string structure.

Maybe I can create the table in Power Query and parse it there?

Doing it in Power Query would be much easier. You could use Json.Document to parse it.

 

Pat

Microsoft Employee

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