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Creating a table from another table's column based on a regular expression
Hi everyone, this is the problem I have. I have this table with a column with some "string" that I need to split into different rows based on a regex. Let me show you what I mean.
I have this table that has an Info column with a string that has a tag and a number associated with it. There is always a string and then a number next to it.
| Date | Info |
| 6/14/2019 | TA56TB54VZ2 |
| 6/13/2019 | TA2TB21FD5SL32PPR1 |
And I would like to create a new table with the Info column to expand it and look like this:
| Date | TAG | VALUE |
| 6/14/2019 | TA | 56 |
| 6/14/2019 | TB | 54 |
| 6/14/2019 | VZ | 2 |
| 6/13/2019 | TA | 2 |
| 6/13/2019 | TB | 21 |
| 6/13/2019 | FD | 5 |
| 6/13/2019 | SL | 32 |
| 6/13/2019 | PPR | 1 |
Is this something possible in PBI? If so, could you point me to the right direction on how to do this please?
Thanks!
Hello ebecerra ,
You can load the data into PowerQuery then use the Split Column by DigitToNonDigit and then Unpivot then Split Column by NonDigitToDigit. I put together a quick video showing the steps:
2 Replies
- jdbuchanan71Super User
Hello ebecerra ,
You can load the data into PowerQuery then use the Split Column by DigitToNonDigit and then Unpivot then Split Column by NonDigitToDigit. I put together a quick video showing the steps:
- ebecerraMicrosoft Employee
OMG Thank you jdbuchanan71! You're brilliant!